Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-05-12

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
41 vs last sale 135 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 11 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
17 vs last sale 7 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts --132 hd.

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers steady Slaughter cows steady bulls firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.89/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$113.89
48 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.41
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593115.0468342
Medium and Large 2-3588105.856226thin
One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about $61 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 sale48 hd
113.89
KY average26 barns · 4,261 hd
123.30
−9.41
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,74088.081,5332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25456.557097thin
CowsLean 85-90%High72051.003671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01148.704937thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,2851,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,1711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,130912.50/cwt900.00–925.0010,3112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,125900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-21,005925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,2961
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2995875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,7061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715107.50/cwt107.50–107.507691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500132.00/cwt132.00–132.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613118.58/cwt112.00–122.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477137.00/cwt137.00–137.006535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2564127.81/cwt123.00–129.007215
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3415137.50/cwt137.50–137.505711
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745106.00/cwt106.00–106.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523123.00/cwt123.00–123.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678101.00/cwt101.00–101.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757101.20/cwt101.00–102.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447131.00/cwt131.00–131.005867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639107.64/cwt106.00–109.0068811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564119.69/cwt108.00–122.0067514
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325127.00/cwt127.00–127.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520112.00/cwt112.00–112.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-373092.03/cwt90.00–93.006723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622127.00/cwt127.00–127.007903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759119.37/cwt115.00–120.009068
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2955475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,5361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885530.00/cwt530.00–530.004,6911
Bred CowsSmall 1-2890540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,8061
Bred CowsSmall 1-2835410.00/cwt410.00–410.003,4241
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2940575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,4051
Stock CowsSmall 1-2605400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4201
Bulls1,74088.08/cwt83.50–92.001,5332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04055.48/cwt51.00–60.005772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00045.99/cwt42.00–48.004605
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20353.00/cwt51.00–55.006382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27457.97/cwt55.00–60.007395
CowsLean 85-90%72051.00/cwt51.00–51.003671

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.