Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-02-09

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
83 vs last sale 132 69 vs year ago 118 · 58.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
0 vs last sale 14 6 vs year ago 8 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
10 vs last sale 28 27 vs year ago 11 · +245.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers -----No trends due to light run . Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher bulls 2.00 higher . Todays receipts 101 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.00/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$130.00
16 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3459137.506316thin
Small 1-2410137.005621thin
Medium and Large 1-2599124.227459thin
One grade step is worth $13.28/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale16 hd
130.00
KY average26 barns · 1,404 hd
126.14
+3.86
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
BullsHigh1,73283.641,4486thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39763.798916thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94058.005451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02538.503951thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls2,00092.64/cwt87.50–99.501,8533
Bulls1,46374.63/cwt69.50–80.501,0923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02538.50/cwt38.50–38.503951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39763.79/cwt59.00–73.508916
CowsLean 85-90%94058.00/cwt58.00–58.005451
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,450925.00/cwt925.00–925.0013,4131
Bred CowsSmall 1-2635460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,9211
Bred CowsSmall 1-2895680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760103.00/cwt103.00–103.007831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530117.50/cwt117.50–117.506231
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2995650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,4681
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2976750.18/cwt575.00–925.007,3225
Bred CowsSmall 1-2726493.02/cwt350.00–560.003,5793
Bred CowsSmall 1-2845470.00/cwt470.00–470.003,9721
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450143.00/cwt143.00–143.006442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2620650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,0301
BullsSmall 1-2410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2790106.00/cwt106.00–106.008371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524133.00/cwt133.00–133.006975
HeifersMedium and Large 2-357896.91/cwt94.00–100.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635100.00/cwt100.00–100.006352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,265910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,5121
Bred CowsSmall 1-2871737.81/cwt720.00–750.006,4266
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320132.00/cwt132.00–132.004221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3393151.00/cwt151.00–151.005932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140744.80/cwt740.00–750.008,4912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170741.24/cwt650.00–825.008,6732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,6951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3448113.00/cwt113.00–113.005062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560116.00/cwt116.00–116.006501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,105800.79/cwt775.00–825.008,8492
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,280850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,8801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481119.85/cwt119.00–121.005764
BullsMedium and Large 2-3508121.00/cwt121.00–121.006151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2890823.16/cwt775.00–910.007,3262

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.