Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 181 hd

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.39/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$118.39

70 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$31.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

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	476	129.14	615	22
Medium and Large 1-2	753	114.15	860	46
Small 1-2	523	97.75	511	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.39/cwt here — about $104 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 sale70 hd

118.39

—

KY average28 barns · 5,786 hd

127.89

−9.50

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	1,745	96.53	1,684	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	66.52	983	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	53.50	653	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	463	150.49/cwt	150.00–151.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	126.87/cwt	125.00–128.00	741	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	138.51/cwt	124.00–141.00	715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	134.73/cwt	125.00–136.00	637	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	133.70/cwt	117.00–136.00	725	8
Bulls	—	—	1,745	96.53/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	364	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	555	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,066	15
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	123.53/cwt	118.00–124.00	644	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	119.16/cwt	108.00–121.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	576	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	138.27/cwt	125.00–140.50	632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	357	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	143.50/cwt	130.00–149.00	759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	67.05/cwt	58.00–74.00	1,002	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	696	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	653	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,030	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	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 Jun 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 137Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 10Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 38

Todays receipts : 181 hd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	150.00–151.00	150.49
1	—	600	136.00	136.00
1	—	550	142.00	142.00
5	—	529	130.00–149.00	143.50
3	—	690	127.00	127.00
2	—	710	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	92.50	92.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	123.00	123.00
12	—	473	125.00–136.00	134.73
8	—	542	117.00–136.00	133.70
5	—	376	149.00	149.00
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	584	125.00–128.00	126.87
7	—	516	124.00–141.00	138.51
4	—	446	154.00	154.00
3	—	638	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	148.00	148.00
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
15	—	1,239	86.00	86.00
13	—	521	118.00–124.00	123.53
8	—	592	122.00	122.00
7	—	457	125.00–140.50	138.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
7	—	565	108.00–121.00	119.16
7	—	436	132.00	132.00
6	—	357	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	82.50	82.50
1	—	490	113.00	113.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	93.00–100.00	96.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	58.00–74.00	67.05
1	—	1,210	57.50	57.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	53.50	53.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	650.00	650.00

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