Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : steady to 2.00 higher and Feeder heifers steady : Slaughter cows 1.00 higher and bulls steady. Todays receipts-- 115 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.18/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$126.18

26 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$34.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.46

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	496	134.31	666	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	123.89	710	17thin
Small 1-2	645	100.00	645	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.31/cwt here — about $21 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 sale26 hd

126.18

—

KY average26 barns · 2,724 hd

125.71

+0.46

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	1,658	77.21	1,280	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,305	54.00	705	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,352	53.25	720	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,162	45.15	525	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	32.78	343	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	480	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,305	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	705	1
Bulls	—	—	1,658	77.21/cwt	74.50–79.00	1,280	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	48.37/cwt	47.00–50.00	582	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	43.69/cwt	41.50–46.50	495	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	653	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	943	763.99/cwt	650.00–875.00	7,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	134.92/cwt	128.00–142.50	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	120.38/cwt	120.00–120.50	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	485	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	890	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,542	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	770	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	131.36/cwt	125.00–138.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	644	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	122.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	50.33/cwt	49.00–52.50	719	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	54.83/cwt	52.50–59.00	725	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	34.71/cwt	34.00–35.00	370	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	265	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,505	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	13,395	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,505	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	14,298	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,538	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	872.61/cwt	810.00–925.00	9,730	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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 65Last week 99Year ago 126

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 30Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 8Year ago 21

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : steady to 2.00 higher and Feeder heifers steady : Slaughter cows 1.00 higher and bulls steady. Todays receipts-- 115 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	41.00	41.00
4	—	1,203	47.00–50.00	48.37
6	—	1,133	41.50–46.50	43.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	47.50	47.50
4	—	1,429	49.00–52.50	50.33
11	—	1,322	52.50–59.00	54.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	34.00–35.00	34.71
1	—	980	27.00	27.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,658	74.50–79.00	77.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	152.50	152.50
4	—	477	128.00–142.50	134.92
4	—	588	120.00–120.50	120.38
2	—	695	111.00	111.00
3	—	768	104.00	104.00
2	—	515	120.00–126.00	122.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	106.00	106.00
5	—	452	142.50	142.50
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
3	—	562	119.00	119.00
2	—	378	130.00	130.00
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
6	—	433	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	130.00	130.00
3	—	545	108.00	108.00
3	—	465	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	125.00–138.00	131.36
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
1	—	570	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	650.00–875.00	763.99
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,115	810.00–925.00	872.61
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,505	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,090	875.00	875.00

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

Bulls · 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