Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

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 133 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.29/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$115.29

31 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$7.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

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	500	116.24	582	27
Medium and Large 2-3	454	108.88	494	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.36/cwt here — about $88 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 sale31 hd

115.29

—

KY average22 barns · 4,570 hd

122.26

−6.97

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	1,496	76.47	1,144	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,274	54.60	696	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,097	43.97	482	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	903	27.46	248	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	—	—	1,398	73.29/cwt	69.50–75.00	1,025	3
Bulls	—	—	1,790	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,539	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	55.50/cwt	52.00–60.00	708	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	291	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	30.92/cwt	29.00–33.00	281	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	755	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	885	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,868	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	112.78/cwt	111.00–114.00	570	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	111.34/cwt	110.00–114.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	125.50/cwt	120.00–131.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	115.99/cwt	113.00–119.00	518	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,799	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	534.66/cwt	400.00–650.00	6,058	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	6,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	722	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	10,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	41.17/cwt	39.00–43.00	450	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	43.57/cwt	41.50–44.50	499	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	47.86/cwt	46.50–49.00	504	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	648	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,385	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	10,734	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,408	699.95/cwt	530.00–850.00	9,855	2

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 Nov 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 189Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 46Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 37Year ago 12

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers-----2.00--3.00 lower and Slaughter cows and bulls--2.00 lower. Todays receipts 133 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	69.50–75.00	73.29
1	—	1,790	86.00	86.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	52.00–60.00	55.50
1	—	1,270	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	34.00	34.00
2	—	908	29.00–33.00	30.92
1	—	940	14.00	14.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,093	39.00–43.00	41.17
4	—	1,145	41.50–44.50	43.57
4	—	1,053	46.50–49.00	47.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	122.00	122.00
2	—	293	132.50	132.50
2	—	305	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	117.00	117.00
3	—	742	109.00	109.00
4	—	450	120.00–131.00	125.50
9	—	516	127.00	127.00
2	—	403	127.00	127.00
3	—	582	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
2	—	340	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
2	—	425	114.00	114.00
1	—	335	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	505	111.00–114.00	112.78
3	—	740	110.00–114.00	111.34
2	—	320	121.50	121.50
3	—	497	117.00	117.00
5	—	597	114.50	114.50
5	—	372	122.00	122.00
4	—	447	113.00–119.00	115.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	685.00	685.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	935.00	935.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	400.00–650.00	534.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	520.00	520.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,408	530.00–850.00	699.95

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

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Replacement Cattle