Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-06-01

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
29 vs last sale 74 135 vs year ago 180 · 75.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
3 vs last sale 9 4 vs year ago 16 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 8 10 vs year ago 17 · 58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --Light test Feeder heifers --Steady and Slaughter cows 1.00--2.00 lower bulls No test Todays receipts : 64 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.32/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$114.32
22 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.41
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3540121.006531thin
Medium and Large 1-2669114.0076221
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale22 hd
114.32
KY average18 barns · 2,183 hd
129.72
−15.41
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
CowsLean 85-90%High99071.017033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34864.178655thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37859.78/cwt58.50–61.008242
CowsLean 85-90%99071.01/cwt67.00–78.007033
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32867.10/cwt65.00–69.008913
BullsMedium and Large 1-271596.00/cwt96.00–96.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2596127.50/cwt127.50–127.507604
BullsMedium and Large 1-2644116.87/cwt106.00–120.507534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590143.00/cwt143.00–143.008442
Stock CowsSmall 1-2950520.00/cwt520.00–520.004,9401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515137.00/cwt137.00–137.007063
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600116.00/cwt116.00–116.006961
Bred CowsSmall 1-2975720.00/cwt720.00–720.007,0201
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2970990.00/cwt990.00–990.009,6031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663120.00/cwt120.00–120.007968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2709104.00/cwt104.00–104.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280588.00/cwt88.00–88.007084
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2950990.00/cwt990.00–990.009,4054
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2895930.00/cwt930.00–930.008,3241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,205775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570127.50/cwt127.50–127.507272

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.