Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-03

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.24/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$128.24

43 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$42.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.10

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	592	130.60	773	40
Large 1	555	102.50	569	1thin
Medium 2	480	100.00	480	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	865	88.00	761	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.60/cwt here — about $12 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 sale43 hd

128.24

—

KY average26 barns · 1,857 hd

137.34

−9.10

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,675	75.00	1,256	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,158	70.82	820	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	860	39.01	336	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,095	120.00	1,314	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,095	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,314	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	418	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	33.02/cwt	31.00–35.00	291	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	68.28/cwt	65.00–73.00	754	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	74.62/cwt	74.50–75.00	924	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	123.72/cwt	121.00–128.00	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	119.14/cwt	117.00–120.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	388	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	126.37/cwt	125.50–130.00	791	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.02/cwt	128.00–137.00	777	8
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	703	630.60/cwt	580.00–670.00	4,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	850	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	770	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.28/cwt	142.00–148.50	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	143.39/cwt	141.50–145.00	687	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	62.46/cwt	57.50–67.50	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	135	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	134.58/cwt	121.00–139.00	964	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	925.05/cwt	810.00–1,080.00	11,101	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,647	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	798.13/cwt	585.00–975.00	8,069	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	477.51/cwt	300.00–670.00	4,130	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	139.98/cwt	130.00–142.50	731	5
Bulls	Large 1	—	555	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	569	1
Steers	Large 1	—	920	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	846	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	555	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	480	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	480	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 Aug 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 50Year ago 119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 7Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 6Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	51.00	51.00
2	—	880	31.00–35.00	33.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,105	65.00–73.00	68.28
4	—	1,238	74.50–75.00	74.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	75.00	75.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	121.00–128.00	123.72
1	—	455	127.00	127.00
1	—	745	92.00	92.00
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
2	—	635	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	141.50–145.00	143.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	57.50–67.50	62.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	683	117.00–120.00	119.14
1	—	450	149.00	149.00
1	—	770	103.00	103.00
5	—	626	125.50–130.00	126.37
8	—	580	128.00–137.00	134.02
1	—	295	160.00	160.00
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
1	—	410	149.00	149.00
2	—	825	102.00–104.00	102.99
5	—	734	114.00	114.00
1	—	135	180.00	180.00
5	—	522	130.00–142.50	139.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
1	—	890	96.00	96.00
2	—	520	142.00–148.50	145.28
8	—	716	121.00–139.00	134.58
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	92.00	92.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	703	580.00–670.00	630.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	435.00	435.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,200	810.00–1,080.00	925.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,011	585.00–975.00	798.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	865	300.00–670.00	477.51

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

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