Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 213 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.59/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$132.59

84 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$43.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.57

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	516	133.37	688	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	539	133.02	717	64
Small 1-2	450	90.00	405	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.37/cwt here — about $283 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 sale84 hd

132.59

—

KY average28 barns · 2,275 hd

134.16

−1.57

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	1,548	85.10	1,318	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	903	69.21	625	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,302	60.57	788	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	985	49.50	488	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	152.28/cwt	145.00–160.00	393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	157.91/cwt	156.00–162.50	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	817	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	61.49/cwt	58.00–64.50	829	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	69.21/cwt	65.00–72.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	631	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	488	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,070	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	131.03/cwt	126.00–131.50	761	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	751	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	361	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	570	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	450	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	405	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,519	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	87.15/cwt	86.00–88.50	1,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	698	21
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	792.96/cwt	725.00–860.00	7,945	3
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	779	698.91/cwt	675.00–710.00	5,445	3
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	825	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	113.69/cwt	109.00–115.00	695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	382	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	730	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	6,096	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	805	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,440	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	905	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,783	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	948	1,042.78/cwt	810.00–1,100.00	9,886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	647	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	336	133.36/cwt	132.50–133.50	448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	124.69/cwt	122.00–125.00	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	609	12

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 Jun 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 404Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 15Year ago 0

Todays receipts : 213 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	127.50	127.50
4	—	729	104.00	104.00
5	—	354	144.00	144.00
12	—	611	109.00–115.00	113.69
10	—	532	122.00–125.00	124.69
12	—	451	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	127.00	127.00
3	—	537	119.50	119.50
3	—	647	106.50	106.50
7	—	336	132.50–133.50	133.36
8	—	439	130.50	130.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
2	—	258	145.00–160.00	152.28
4	—	381	156.00–162.50	157.91
5	—	673	119.50	119.50
8	—	736	111.00	111.00
11	—	451	140.00	140.00
11	—	581	126.00–131.50	131.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	110.00	110.00
3	—	488	130.00	130.00
4	—	526	129.00	129.00
4	—	653	115.00	115.00
6	—	361	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	511	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	162.50	162.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,348	58.00–64.50	61.49
1	—	1,070	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	903	65.00–72.00	69.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	49.50	49.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,385	86.00–88.50	87.15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,002	725.00–860.00	792.96
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	779	675.00–710.00	698.91
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	805	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	860.00	860.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	948	810.00–1,100.00	1,042.78
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	425.00	425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	835.00	835.00

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

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Bulls · 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