Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-06-30

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
74 vs last sale 157 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
18 vs last sale 22 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers 2.00--3.00 lower . Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and bulls no test .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.02/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$142.02
22 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.62
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536142.9576621
Medium and Large 2-3678122.508311thin
One grade step is worth $20.45/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 sale22 hd
142.02
KY average25 barns · 5,025 hd
134.41
+7.62
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44857.758362thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23045.505601thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589111.97/cwt111.00–114.006603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3355127.50/cwt127.50–127.504531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509119.51/cwt119.00–121.006088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415129.00/cwt120.00–135.005355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435146.00/cwt146.00–146.006351
SteersMedium and Large 2-3678122.50/cwt122.50–122.508311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559144.09/cwt140.00–145.0080511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475151.00/cwt151.00–151.007174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674124.53/cwt119.00–130.008392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45555.00/cwt55.00–55.008001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44060.50/cwt60.50–60.508711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23045.50/cwt45.50–45.505601
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,3451,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,4501
Dairy SteersLarge 371288.00/cwt88.00–88.006278
Dairy SteersLarge 353291.00/cwt91.00–91.004843
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2611124.00/cwt124.00–124.007585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518139.00/cwt139.00–139.007202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
BullsMedium and Large 2-377095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395147.00/cwt147.00–147.005811
BullsMedium and Large 2-367094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301

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.