Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.23/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$114.23

61 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.49

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	115.32	626	57
Medium and Large 2-3	555	98.63	548	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

114.23

—

KY average27 barns · 5,108 hd

118.72

−4.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,635	69.75	1,140	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,303	51.30	669	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	50.00	490	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	55.46/cwt	54.50–57.00	765	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	49.22/cwt	48.50–50.00	623	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	131.29/cwt	127.00–132.00	683	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	106.17/cwt	105.00–111.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	135.62/cwt	133.00–136.50	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	118.69/cwt	110.00–124.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	805	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	113.43/cwt	113.00–114.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	125.80/cwt	125.00–126.50	582	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	117.85/cwt	112.00–120.00	608	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	465	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	740	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,590	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	137.74/cwt	137.50–138.00	599	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	595	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,231	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	650	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,795	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	786.58/cwt	775.00–800.00	9,415	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,000	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	975	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	703	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	635	7
Bulls	—	—	1,535	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,362	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Apr 28, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 155Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 18Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	54.50–57.00	55.46
4	—	1,265	48.50–50.00	49.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,735	78.50	78.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	128.50	128.50
2	—	610	114.00	114.00
4	—	820	75.00	75.00
9	—	582	113.00–114.00	113.43
11	—	463	125.00–126.50	125.80
19	—	516	112.00–120.00	117.85
1	—	680	95.00	95.00
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
2	—	748	91.00	91.00
3	—	392	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	108.50	108.50
2	—	648	93.00	93.00
1	—	380	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	530	121.00	121.00
2	—	338	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	127.00–132.00	131.29
4	—	389	150.00	150.00
5	—	678	105.00–111.00	106.17
1	—	325	155.00	155.00
2	—	723	103.00	103.00
10	—	619	112.00–115.00	113.49
7	—	441	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	91.00	91.00
1	—	915	94.00	94.00
1	—	475	142.50	142.50
8	—	566	133.00–136.50	135.62
5	—	669	110.00–124.00	118.69
3	—	778	103.50	103.50
1	—	615	128.00	128.00
2	—	515	135.00	135.00
2	—	435	137.50–138.00	137.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	109.00	109.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	350.00	350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	530	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,197	775.00–800.00	786.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	250.00	250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	375.00	375.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	430.00	430.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle