Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-08-04

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
0 vs last sale 119 23 vs year ago 96 · +24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
26 vs last sale 12 20 vs year ago 18 · +111.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
21 vs last sale 24 12 vs year ago 15 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---2.00 higher and Feeder heifers --steady to 1.00--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows firm to 1.00 higher and bulls firm. Todays receipts 160 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.01/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$122.01
50 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$4.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.29
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573122.5370244
Medium and Large 2-3528118.176236thin
One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about $79 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 sale50 hd
122.01
KY average26 barns · 4,658 hd
129.30
−7.29
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
BullsHigh1,93099.181,9143thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24168.4084924
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,02757.025868thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93754.035063thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508144.00/cwt144.00–144.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490145.50/cwt145.50–145.507132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745123.00/cwt123.00–123.009161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595138.00/cwt138.00–138.008211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678134.00/cwt134.00–134.009097
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585131.06/cwt117.00–132.0076716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2441148.00/cwt148.00–148.006537
Bulls2,040103.27/cwt103.00–103.502,1072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770117.50/cwt117.50–117.509054
Bulls1,71091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662122.00/cwt122.00–122.008083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455137.00/cwt137.00–137.006231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513137.47/cwt129.00–138.0070517
CowsBoner 80-85%97563.12/cwt55.50–67.006154
CowsLean 85-90%93754.03/cwt50.00–58.005063
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23370.04/cwt63.00–75.0086421
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5901,040.00/cwt1,040.00–1,040.0016,5361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,12060.39/cwt57.50–63.006762
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,7851,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0021,1521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65050.00/cwt50.00–50.008251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07950.91/cwt45.00–55.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456128.00/cwt128.00–128.005847
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2604125.00/cwt125.00–125.007556
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2713111.59/cwt105.00–119.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430112.00/cwt112.00–112.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810105.00/cwt105.00–105.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531127.44/cwt126.00–128.0067711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580119.48/cwt118.00–120.006938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660115.98/cwt113.00–122.007657
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005833

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.