Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Due to closing for July 04 Holidays . Todays receipts --200 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.37/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$133.37

60 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$11.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.68

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	557	133.76	745	58
Medium and Large 2-3	578	122.00	705	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $40 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 sale60 hd

133.37

—

KY average25 barns · 4,980 hd

140.05

−6.68

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	—	Low	1,530	76.48	1,170	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	69.27	968	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,076	50.46	543	4thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,510	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	891	1
Bulls	—	—	1,537	82.30/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,265	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	48.44/cwt	45.00–51.50	522	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	605	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	69.27/cwt	63.00–73.00	968	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,916	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	907	608.96/cwt	590.00–650.00	5,523	6
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	865	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,979	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	873	611.83/cwt	470.00–720.00	5,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	133.96/cwt	130.00–137.00	768	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	985.02/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,180	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	995	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	755	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	140.84/cwt	135.00–142.00	928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	138.96/cwt	135.00–141.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	112.80/cwt	112.00–114.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	869	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	137.74/cwt	129.00–142.00	720	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	130.45/cwt	126.00–134.00	763	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	478	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	663.44/cwt	600.00–750.00	6,243	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,064	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	125.51/cwt	121.00–127.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,123	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 Jul 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 117Year ago 251

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 12Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 13Year ago 35

No Trends Due to closing for July 04 Holidays . Todays receipts --200 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,537	80.50–85.00	82.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	45.00–51.50	48.44
1	—	1,070	56.50	56.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,397	63.00–73.00	69.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
6	—	440	148.00	148.00
7	—	666	124.00	124.00
3	—	455	135.00–141.00	138.96
5	—	718	112.00–114.00	112.80
6	—	518	140.00	140.00
9	—	585	126.00–134.00	130.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	573	130.00–137.00	133.96
2	—	625	120.00	120.00
3	—	470	144.00	144.00
23	—	523	129.00–142.00	137.74
1	—	760	109.00	109.00
2	—	368	130.00	130.00
8	—	653	121.00–127.00	125.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	149.50	149.50
6	—	659	135.00–142.00	140.84
1	—	495	153.00	153.00
1	—	875	122.00	122.00
10	—	568	153.00	153.00
2	—	735	134.50	134.50
1	—	605	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,040	108.00	108.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	873	470.00–720.00	611.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	730.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	635.00	635.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	685.00	685.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	907	590.00–650.00	608.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	460.00	460.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	941	600.00–750.00	663.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,135	800.00–1,150.00	985.02

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle