Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.18/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$118.18

63 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$13.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.43

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	553	120.15	664	54
Medium and Large 2-3	563	106.33	599	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.82/cwt here — about $65 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 sale63 hd

118.18

—

KY average29 barns · 4,873 hd

120.61

−2.43

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	—	Average	1,695	86.01	1,458	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	50.38	613	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	112.24/cwt	107.00–114.00	746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	114.49/cwt	110.00–118.00	710	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	140.14/cwt	138.00–142.50	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	905	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	731	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	47.84/cwt	47.00–50.00	575	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,875	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	18,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,981	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,020	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	950.23/cwt	900.00–985.00	12,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	133.38/cwt	130.00–136.00	603	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	114.18/cwt	110.00–118.00	668	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	152.21/cwt	150.00–154.00	566	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.59/cwt	126.00–137.00	713	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	808	1
Bulls	—	—	1,697	84.34/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,431	3
Bulls	—	—	1,690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,538	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	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 May 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 152Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 9Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 16Year ago 0

No comparison due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	145.00	145.00
4	—	962	101.00	101.00
1	—	465	147.50	147.50
3	—	737	117.00	117.00
7	—	815	111.00	111.00
2	—	608	130.00	130.00
5	—	666	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	107.00–114.00	112.24
7	—	620	110.00–118.00	114.49
4	—	466	132.00	132.00
7	—	372	150.00–154.00	152.21
2	—	558	120.00–122.00	121.00
5	—	440	145.00	145.00
9	—	530	126.00–137.00	134.59
1	—	950	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	138.00–142.50	140.14
1	—	545	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	101.00	101.00
7	—	500	123.00	123.00
16	—	452	130.00–136.00	133.38
1	—	315	152.50	152.50
2	—	882	91.00	91.00
15	—	585	110.00–118.00	114.18
2	—	295	135.00	135.00
10	—	696	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	100.00	100.00
2	—	485	113.00	113.00
1	—	440	111.00	111.00
4	—	592	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	58.00	58.00
3	—	1,202	47.00–50.00	47.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,697	84.00–85.00	84.34
1	—	1,690	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,875	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	880.00	880.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,278	900.00–985.00	950.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle