Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to closed for Holidays-----No Trends---- Todays receipts --137--hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.81/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$116.81

38 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$1.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

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	566	116.96	662	34
Medium and Large 2-3	425	115.50	491	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about $171 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 sale38 hd

116.81

—

KY average14 barns · 2,572 hd

121.22

−4.41

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,323	48.81	646	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	43.73	507	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	32.75	353	2thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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%	—	1,520	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	285	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	426	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	41.70/cwt	39.00–43.50	500	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	48.48/cwt	44.00–54.00	519	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,253	47.53/cwt	44.00–49.50	596	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	112.18/cwt	111.50–113.00	653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,806	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	947	456.96/cwt	435.00–475.00	4,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	482	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	910	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	721	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	628	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	673	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	712	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	540.34/cwt	500.00–580.00	6,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	532	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	55.68/cwt	52.00–58.00	856	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	6,200	1

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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 422Year ago 272

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 35Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 49Year ago 26

Due to closed for Holidays-----No Trends---- Todays receipts --137--hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	43.50	43.50
12	—	1,253	44.00–49.50	47.53
3	—	1,538	52.00–58.00	55.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	27.50	27.50
1	—	1,120	38.00	38.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,199	39.00–43.50	41.70
3	—	1,070	44.00–54.00	48.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	106.00	106.00
2	—	453	130.00	130.00
6	—	439	143.00	143.00
8	—	514	131.00	131.00
11	—	598	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	107.00	107.00
1	—	335	144.00	144.00
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	111.50–113.00	112.18
4	—	444	127.00	127.00
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
8	—	668	108.00	108.00
12	—	534	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	117.00	117.00
3	—	463	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	127.00	127.00
1	—	580	119.00	119.00
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	142.00	142.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	435.00	435.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	947	435.00–475.00	456.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	500.00–580.00	540.34
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	500.00	500.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle