Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---2.00--3.00---lower and Feeder heifers ---Steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00--4.00-lower and bulls steady . Todays receipts 246 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.00/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$127.00

75 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.28

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	732	127.00	930	75

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale75 hd

127.00

—

KY average26 barns · 4,547 hd

145.28

−18.28

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	1,385	80.00	1,108	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,373	58.40	802	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	43.94	499	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	43.86	413	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Medium and Large 2	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	127.71/cwt	127.00–127.75	908	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	126.24/cwt	125.00–127.50	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	457	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	608	410.37/cwt	360.00–450.00	2,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	135.06/cwt	131.00–135.50	850	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	123.84/cwt	111.00–127.00	634	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	112.77/cwt	108.00–114.00	750	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	54.46/cwt	52.00–57.00	506	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	315	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	59.34/cwt	57.00–62.50	810	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	56.84/cwt	55.00–60.00	788	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	518	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	140.31/cwt	124.00–144.00	713	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	696	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	135.82/cwt	124.00–136.50	809	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	814	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	31.50/cwt	31.50–31.50	318	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	45.26/cwt	40.50–53.50	491	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,808	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,526	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	362	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	644	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 Apr 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 187Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 39Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 49Year ago 16

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---2.00--3.00---lower and Feeder heifers ---Steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00--4.00-lower and bulls steady . Todays receipts 246 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	144.00	144.00
4	—	520	130.00	130.00
2	—	608	116.50	116.50
3	—	362	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	508	124.00–144.00	140.31
12	—	446	156.00	156.00
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
2	—	665	117.00	117.00
17	—	596	124.00–136.50	135.82
4	—	368	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	711	127.00–127.75	127.71
2	—	525	125.00–127.50	126.24
2	—	588	136.00	136.00
1	—	420	143.00	143.00
10	—	629	131.00–135.50	135.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	790	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	600	113.00	113.00
2	—	812	108.00	108.00
10	—	512	111.00–127.00	123.84
9	—	665	108.00–114.00	112.77
1	—	385	134.00	134.00
2	—	445	128.00	128.00
2	—	560	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
2	—	355	127.00	127.00
1	—	620	103.00	103.00
1	—	685	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	646	126.00	126.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	608	360.00–450.00	410.37
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,315	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	925.00	925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	52.00–57.00	54.46
1	—	900	35.00	35.00
1	—	1,010	31.50	31.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,365	57.00–62.50	59.34
3	—	1,387	55.00–60.00	56.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	36.00	36.00
6	—	1,084	40.50–53.50	45.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	80.00	80.00

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

Steers · 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