Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-12-01

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 1
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
10 vs last sale 90 307 vs year ago 387 · 79.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
20 vs last sale 27 27 vs year ago 34 · 79.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
6 vs last sale 16 10 vs year ago 12 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---steady and Feeder heifers--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00--2.00 lower and no test on bulls. Todays receipts 109 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.44/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$121.44
22 head · 804 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$500
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.30
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2811123.651,00221
Medium and Large 2-367075.005031thin
One grade step is worth $48.65/cwt here — about $500 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 sale22 hd
121.44
KY average21 barns · 3,639 hd
135.74
−14.30
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29051.006581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31838.925133thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29051.00/cwt51.00–51.006581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34040.13/cwt38.00–42.505382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27536.50/cwt36.50–36.504651
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,490950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425132.50/cwt132.50–132.505631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
BullsSmall 1-280085.00/cwt85.00–85.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770101.00/cwt101.00–101.007781
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,030875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,0131
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2828630.27/cwt620.00–640.005,2192
Bred CowsSmall 1-2845660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,5771
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2735500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,6751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2595520.00/cwt520.00–520.003,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-290396.00/cwt96.00–96.008672
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2805650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,2331
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,030925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,5281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2-3338138.00/cwt138.00–138.004663
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520116.00/cwt116.00–116.006032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762127.00/cwt127.00–127.0096811
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2883512.23/cwt480.00–620.004,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435123.91/cwt115.00–125.005399
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003962
SteersMedium and Large 2-367075.00/cwt75.00–75.005031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638125.81/cwt120.50–131.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523117.00/cwt117.00–117.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563114.26/cwt112.50–116.006432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2594124.00/cwt124.00–124.007375
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,145875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700111.00/cwt111.00–111.007772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2921118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0918

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.