Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-05-25

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 25
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
54 vs last sale 128 330 vs year ago 404 · 81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 10 1 vs year ago 10 · 10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
14 vs last sale 22 7 vs year ago 15 · 46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last week : Feeder steers and Feeder heifers 2.00--3.00 Higher and Slaughter cows Firm and bulls 2.00--higher . Todays receipts 88 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.56/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$129.56
25 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2467135.2863218thin
Medium and Large 2447119.005323thin
Medium and Large 2-3518111.755794thin
One grade step is worth $23.53/cwt here — about $54 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 sale25 hd
129.56
KY average26 barns · 4,647 hd
131.33
−1.77
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
BullsHigh1,65599.001,6381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,15576.038784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average73050.003651thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438136.48/cwt133.00–140.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583125.00/cwt125.00–125.007294
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0015,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523135.00/cwt135.00–135.007065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372147.83/cwt136.00–156.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005227
SteersMedium and Large 2-3512147.00/cwt147.00–147.007535
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2490570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,7931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570131.00/cwt131.00–131.007471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2592132.00/cwt132.00–132.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3548112.00/cwt112.00–112.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400108.00/cwt108.00–108.004321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005782
Bred CowsSmall 1-2630500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 2447119.00/cwt119.00–119.005323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517135.63/cwt129.00–138.007014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2648122.00/cwt122.00–122.007912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410143.47/cwt141.00–146.005882
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,5901,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0022,2601
CowsBoner 80-85%73050.00/cwt50.00–50.003651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15576.03/cwt66.50–86.008784
Bulls1,65599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6381

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.