Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---2.00--3.00 higher and Feeder heifers--1.00--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher and bulls steady to 1.00 --lower. Todays receipts---174 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.62/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$118.62

48 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

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

$12.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

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	449	126.08	566	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	524	113.72	596	29

One grade step is worth $12.36/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale48 hd

118.62

—

KY average27 barns · 4,561 hd

123.93

−5.31

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	1,508	79.56	1,200	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,380	60.04	829	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	54.47	545	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	47.93	530	5thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,508	79.56/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,200	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	60.04/cwt	53.50–63.00	829	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	54.47/cwt	50.00–60.00	545	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	46.29/cwt	41.50–49.00	516	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	50.38/cwt	49.00–51.50	549	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,367	1,013.32/cwt	1,000.00–1,030.00	13,852	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	695	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,267	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,694	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	950	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	808	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	870	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	684	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	880	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	111.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	650	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	684	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	352	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	895.76/cwt	725.00–1,025.00	9,782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	520	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	691.59/cwt	550.00–825.00	7,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	558	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	660.80/cwt	625.00–700.00	7,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	596	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,520	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	15,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,234	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	968.21/cwt	850.00–1,085.00	12,035	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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 75Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 9Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 69Year ago 28

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---2.00--3.00 higher and Feeder heifers--1.00--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher and bulls steady to 1.00 --lower. Todays receipts---174 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	76.00–82.00	79.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	53.50–63.00	60.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,000	50.00–60.00	54.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	41.50–49.00	46.29
2	—	1,090	49.00–51.50	50.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,367	1,000.00–1,030.00	1,013.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,520	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	695	470.00	470.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	330.00	330.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,092	725.00–1,025.00	895.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,120	550.00–825.00	691.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,158	625.00–700.00	660.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,243	850.00–1,085.00	968.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	690.00	690.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	650.00	650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	105.00	105.00
2	—	363	162.50	162.50
4	—	673	120.00	120.00
7	—	456	150.00	150.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
5	—	579	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	526	130.00	130.00
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
2	—	620	120.00	120.00
8	—	468	140.00	140.00
6	—	374	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	140.00	140.00
4	—	361	136.00	136.00
4	—	583	110.00–112.00	111.51
5	—	522	117.50	117.50
2	—	433	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	85.00	85.00
7	—	352	135.00	135.00
7	—	558	114.00	114.00
8	—	443	126.00	126.00
6	—	774	77.00	77.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	139.00	139.00
2	—	938	115.00	115.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle