Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----1.00--2.00-- lower and Feeder heifers---1.00--2.00--higher. Slaughter cows --1.00--higher----bulls---2.00 higher . Todays receipts : 201 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.50/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$117.50

63 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$7.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.56

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	688	118.35	814	56
Medium and Large 2-3	529	110.71	585	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about $228 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 sale63 hd

117.50

—

KY average27 barns · 4,959 hd

132.06

−14.56

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	1,460	78.25	1,142	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	60.58	860	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,147	47.66	546	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	878	34.75	305	2thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,283	57.69/cwt	55.50–59.50	740	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	61.54/cwt	58.50–65.00	902	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	1,250.87/cwt	1,175.00–1,300.00	12,534	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	730	5
Bulls	—	—	1,105	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	123.69/cwt	122.50–124.00	819	5
Bulls	—	—	1,753	94.57/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	874	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	292	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	491	5
Bulls	—	—	1,383	63.46/cwt	62.00–64.50	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	128.46/cwt	127.50–129.00	757	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	143.42/cwt	140.00–147.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	138.60/cwt	136.00–144.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	128.12/cwt	124.00–135.00	821	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	944	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	139.21/cwt	137.50–140.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.34/cwt	124.00–125.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	136.77/cwt	135.00–137.00	592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	107.33/cwt	107.00–108.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	116.53/cwt	114.00–119.00	773	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,410	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	945	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,615	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	998	899.56/cwt	875.00–925.00	8,978	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,433	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	905.16/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	9,640	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	755	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	227	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	395	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	229	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	51.74/cwt	51.00–52.50	576	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	54.82/cwt	54.00–55.50	618	3

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 Sep 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 216Year ago 132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 13Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 5Year ago 20

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----1.00--2.00-- lower and Feeder heifers---1.00--2.00--higher. Slaughter cows --1.00--higher----bulls---2.00 higher . Todays receipts : 201 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	55.50–59.50	57.69
6	—	1,466	58.50–65.00	61.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	30.00	30.00
1	—	1,000	39.50	39.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	18.00	18.00
2	—	1,113	51.00–52.50	51.74
3	—	1,128	54.00–55.50	54.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,753	88.00–100.00	94.57
3	—	1,383	62.00–64.50	63.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,002	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,250.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	998	875.00–925.00	899.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	800.00–1,000.00	905.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	141.50	141.50
5	—	662	122.50–124.00	123.69
8	—	744	117.50	117.50
11	—	589	127.50–129.00	128.46
1	—	375	145.00	145.00
1	—	470	135.50	135.50
5	—	435	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	292	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	721	130.50	130.50
1	—	660	128.00	128.00
1	—	765	124.00	124.00
2	—	523	140.00–147.00	143.42
3	—	482	136.00–144.00	138.60
5	—	848	126.50	126.50
1	—	575	134.00	134.00
6	—	641	124.00–135.00	128.12
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,015	93.00	93.00
3	—	290	137.50–140.00	139.21
3	—	640	122.00	122.00
6	—	572	124.00–125.00	124.34
8	—	433	135.00–137.00	136.77
1	—	300	135.00	135.00
8	—	809	114.50	114.50
1	—	735	114.00	114.00
9	—	529	134.50	134.50
2	—	663	114.00–119.00	116.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	107.00	107.00
1	—	635	107.00	107.00
2	—	470	119.50	119.50
3	—	572	107.00–108.00	107.33

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle