Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-07-27

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 27
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
39 vs last sale 89 69 vs year ago 119 · 58.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
15 vs last sale 22 5 vs year ago 12 · 41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
37 vs last sale 43 18 vs year ago 24 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----1.00--2.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---1.00--2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls ---1.00 Higher. Todays receipts 63 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.97/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$132.97
16 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3409134.435497thin
Medium and Large 1-2482131.836359thin
One grade step is worth $2.60/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale16 hd
132.97
KY average26 barns · 4,703 hd
140.40
−7.43
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
BullsHigh1,890102.361,9352thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39572.451,0114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07553.505751thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2407147.35/cwt142.00–150.006003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2486142.17/cwt141.00–146.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572126.00/cwt126.00–126.007213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600150.50/cwt150.50–150.509031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493153.00/cwt153.00–153.007544
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07553.50/cwt53.50–53.505751
Bulls1,890102.36/cwt99.00–105.501,9352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39572.45/cwt69.00–75.001,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380136.00/cwt136.00–136.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472134.50/cwt134.50–134.506353
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435118.00/cwt118.00–118.005131
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,000750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,5003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070762.15/cwt725.00–800.008,1552

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.