Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-08-11

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
30 vs last sale 119 59 vs year ago 148 · 39.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
29 vs last sale 38 19 vs year ago 28 · 67.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
7 vs last sale 3 25 vs year ago 35 · 71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers --2.00--3.00--- lower and Slaughter cows and bulls --2.00-- lower. Todays receipts : 108 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.71/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$136.71
47 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.11
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507138.8170440
Medium and Large 2-3619124.717727thin
One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale47 hd
136.71
KY average25 barns · 2,020 hd
127.60
+9.11
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
BullsHigh1,84590.991,6792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,27057.747335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09548.515313thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91339.003562thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2398152.50/cwt152.50–152.506072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2713113.00/cwt113.00–113.008062
HeifersMedium and Large 2-375570.00/cwt70.00–70.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457133.03/cwt124.00–134.0060811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428130.00/cwt130.00–130.005566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2351133.00/cwt133.00–133.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370128.00/cwt128.00–128.004744
CowsLean 85-90%95558.00/cwt58.00–58.005541
CowsLean 85-90%87020.00/cwt20.00–20.001741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26759.42/cwt57.00–62.507533
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27555.23/cwt54.00–56.507042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09548.51/cwt46.00–50.005313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105625.59/cwt550.00–690.006,9134
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4451,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,4501
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,480975.00/cwt975.00–975.0014,4301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430148.00/cwt148.00–148.0063610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520137.30/cwt129.00–138.507148
BullsMedium and Large 1-2641125.00/cwt125.00–125.008017
BullsMedium and Large 2-3748116.00/cwt116.00–116.008684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2592132.41/cwt127.00–134.507847
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530129.00/cwt129.00–129.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2353151.00/cwt151.00–151.005337
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Bulls1,84590.99/cwt90.00–92.001,6792

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.