Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-06-15

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
33 vs last sale 142 28 vs year ago 137 · 20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
26 vs last sale 31 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
23 vs last sale 13 26 vs year ago 10 · +260.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---Steady------ Feeder heifers Steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00--2.00 lower and Bulls 1.00 lower. Todays receipts 150 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.25/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$135.25
42 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569135.5077141
Medium and Large 2-3525125.006561thin
One grade step is worth $10.50/cwt here — about $115 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 sale42 hd
135.25
KY average27 barns · 1,909 hd
134.07
+1.18
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
BullsHigh1,67597.001,6251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26570.008861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01850.505142thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls1,67597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01850.50/cwt49.00–52.005142
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26570.00/cwt70.00–70.008861
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,3831,050.23/cwt875.00–1,100.0014,5255
Bred HeifersLarge 1-21,5701,270.00/cwt1,270.00–1,270.0019,9391
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,3851,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0016,7591
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2855540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,6171
Stock CowsSmall 2-3600350.46/cwt300.00–380.002,1033
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2990890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,8113
Bred CowsSmall 1-2930610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,6731
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2940780.00/cwt780.00–780.007,3321
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2785720.00/cwt720.00–720.005,6521
Stock CowsSmall 1-2940440.00/cwt440.00–440.004,1361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795124.00/cwt124.00–124.009861
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,010670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,7671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,058830.00/cwt830.00–830.008,7812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260167.50/cwt167.50–167.504361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643115.00/cwt115.00–115.007392
Bred CowsSmall 1-2905730.00/cwt730.00–730.006,6071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590135.50/cwt135.50–135.507993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2353156.00/cwt156.00–156.005512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2215157.50/cwt157.50–157.503391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531144.32/cwt135.00–145.0076615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,8041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453140.50/cwt140.50–140.506365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400136.00/cwt136.00–136.005441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577149.00/cwt149.00–149.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519158.50/cwt158.50–158.508234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685135.50/cwt135.50–135.509282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415153.00/cwt153.00–153.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585123.80/cwt117.00–126.507247
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325136.00/cwt136.00–136.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543130.00/cwt130.00–130.007065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2633127.97/cwt126.00–128.508109
BullsMedium and Large 1-2746109.00/cwt109.00–109.008137

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.