Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---3.00 higher and feeder heifers ---.2.00--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and bulls --2.00--3.00 lower. Todays receipts 365 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.06/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$130.06

98 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$35.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.01

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	553	134.45	743	65
Medium and Large 2-3	509	123.63	630	30
Medium and Large 2	598	99.33	594	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.12/cwt here — about $149 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 sale98 hd

130.06

—

KY average26 barns · 3,299 hd

135.07

−5.01

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	1,626	78.75	1,280	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,362	53.41	728	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	44.05	545	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	923	24.38	225	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	126.17/cwt	122.00–127.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	127.95/cwt	125.00–132.00	839	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	109.67/cwt	108.50–111.50	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	149.50/cwt	135.00–152.00	659	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	93.55/cwt	90.00–95.00	810	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	936	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	985	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,619	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	820	522.71/cwt	400.00–650.00	4,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	784	7
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	885	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,022	10
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	955	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,118	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	985	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	5,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	760	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,496	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	757	532.16/cwt	400.00–625.00	4,028	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,600	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	43.62/cwt	39.00–49.50	529	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	24.38/cwt	24.00–25.00	225	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	55.73/cwt	54.50–57.50	809	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	53.16/cwt	50.50–55.50	718	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	633	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,400	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,626	78.75/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,280	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	874	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,066	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	841.68/cwt	735.00–940.00	8,779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	354	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	499	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	140.28/cwt	130.00–141.00	706	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	366	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	122.29/cwt	120.00–123.50	719	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	142.44/cwt	135.00–145.00	744	4

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 Mar 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 299Last week 87Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 14Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 29Year ago 14

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---3.00 higher and feeder heifers ---.2.00--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and bulls --2.00--3.00 lower. Todays receipts 365 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	136.00	136.00
1	—	730	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	731	122.00–127.00	126.17
1	—	450	138.00	138.00
8	—	656	125.00–132.00	127.95
6	—	611	135.00	135.00
2	—	793	118.00	118.00
7	—	552	142.00	142.00
10	—	904	113.00	113.00
1	—	445	141.00	141.00
6	—	829	122.50	122.50
4	—	522	135.00–145.00	142.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	138.00	138.00
1	—	645	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	134.00	134.00
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
2	—	718	109.00	109.00
3	—	657	120.00	120.00
5	—	354	141.00	141.00
10	—	478	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
2	—	625	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	441	135.00–152.00	149.50
3	—	640	123.00	123.00
7	—	866	90.00–95.00	93.55
1	—	665	123.00	123.00
10	—	587	129.50	129.50
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
4	—	763	114.50	114.50
3	—	385	155.00	155.00
16	—	503	130.00–141.00	140.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	108.50–111.50	109.67
9	—	704	114.00	114.00
4	—	506	125.00	125.00
3	—	762	104.50	104.50
2	—	478	131.00	131.00
14	—	588	120.00–123.50	122.29
1	—	610	113.50	113.50
14	—	433	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	545	120.00	120.00
4	—	366	142.00	142.00
9	—	662	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	440	131.00	131.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	400.00–650.00	522.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	985	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	735.00–940.00	841.68
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	460.00	460.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	757	400.00–625.00	532.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	50.00	50.00
14	—	1,212	39.00–49.50	43.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	24.00–25.00	24.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	54.50–57.50	55.73
14	—	1,350	50.50–55.50	53.16
1	—	1,265	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	75.00–82.00	78.75

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle