Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.56/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$127.56

21 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$28.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.38

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	496	134.30	667	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	491	106.00	520	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.30/cwt here — about $146 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 sale21 hd

127.56

—

KY average24 barns · 4,967 hd

139.94

−12.38

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	—	Average	1,440	93.00	1,339	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,090	67.83	740	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	910	43.50	396	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	136.58/cwt	127.50–139.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	117.52/cwt	112.50–122.50	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	366	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,339	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	83.84/cwt	81.00–87.00	900	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	523	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	60.24/cwt	58.00–63.00	687	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	542	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	134.41/cwt	130.00–135.00	684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	3

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 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 83Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	127.50	127.50
1	—	455	138.00	138.00
1	—	590	129.00	129.00
1	—	845	117.00	117.00
5	—	517	127.50–139.00	136.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	112.50	112.50
1	—	380	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	117.50	117.50
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
1	—	550	112.50	112.50
1	—	630	87.50	87.50
1	—	325	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	149.00	149.00
2	—	663	112.50–122.50	117.52
9	—	509	130.00–135.00	134.41
1	—	325	132.00	132.00
3	—	440	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	154.00	154.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	112.50	112.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	81.00–87.00	83.84
1	—	1,025	51.00	51.00
2	—	1,140	58.00–63.00	60.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	55.00	55.00
1	—	835	32.00	32.00

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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