Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-07-21

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
180 vs last sale 251 111 vs year ago 182 · 61.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
12 vs last sale 16 7 vs year ago 11 · 63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
19 vs last sale 35 2 vs year ago 18 · 11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----2.00--3.00 lower and Feeder heifers 1.00 higher . Slaughter cows and bulls-- Firm . Todays receipts 91 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $119.69/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$119.69
32 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$4.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.51
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620121.1475121
Medium and Large 2-3533116.9162311thin
One grade step is worth $4.23/cwt here — about $129 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 sale32 hd
119.69
KY average27 barns · 1,481 hd
124.20
−4.51
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
BullsAverage1,82590.001,6431thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,12056.196292thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530126.00/cwt126.00–126.006682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3471121.00/cwt121.00–121.005706
Bulls1,82590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455136.00/cwt136.00–136.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557120.00/cwt120.00–120.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432126.00/cwt126.00–126.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635109.00/cwt109.00–109.006926
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3555119.00/cwt119.00–119.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005766
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,255880.00/cwt880.00–880.0011,0441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,165800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,3201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,12056.19/cwt54.00–58.006292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,0231
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2985710.00/cwt710.00–710.006,9941
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,020729.73/cwt675.00–785.007,4432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355146.00/cwt146.00–146.005181
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320146.00/cwt146.00–146.004671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2654120.00/cwt120.00–120.0078510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2728110.00/cwt110.00–110.008014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007202
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625111.00/cwt111.00–111.006944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006211

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.