Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-08-17

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
55 vs last sale 58 12 vs year ago 125 · 9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
2 vs last sale 9 9 vs year ago 20 · 45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
39 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 49 · 20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady on a limited comparison from last week. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls not well tested. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.37/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$137.37
53 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525142.0274628
Medium and Large 2-3504133.8167417thin
Large 1574128.637388thin
One grade step is worth $13.40/cwt here — about $8 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 sale53 hd
137.37
KY average24 barns · 1,864 hd
136.12
+1.24
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
BullsAverage1,42590.001,2831thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34060.618123thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18056.006612thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96548.004632thin

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
Bulls1,42590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2831
CowsLean 85-90%1,04039.00/cwt39.00–39.004061
CowsLean 85-90%89057.00/cwt57.00–57.005071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18056.00/cwt56.00–56.006612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29865.92/cwt64.50–67.508562
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42550.00/cwt50.00–50.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478160.00/cwt160.00–160.007652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558149.00/cwt149.00–149.008313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2657133.48/cwt120.00–137.008775
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625136.00/cwt136.00–136.008501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520155.00/cwt155.00–155.008064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680136.00/cwt136.00–136.009252
BullsMedium and Large 2-3235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525140.11/cwt138.00–143.0073615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358140.00/cwt140.00–140.005012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403146.33/cwt146.00–147.005903
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509140.00/cwt140.00–140.007136
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473134.39/cwt130.00–137.506363
BullsMedium and Large 2-380092.50/cwt92.50–92.507401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3323145.00/cwt145.00–145.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3634120.03/cwt116.00–121.007615
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3690121.00/cwt121.00–121.008351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579139.00/cwt139.00–139.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3648120.00/cwt120.00–120.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524130.41/cwt118.00–137.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003171
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423136.53/cwt135.00–137.505783
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575142.00/cwt142.00–142.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2358156.70/cwt150.00–160.005613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433160.00/cwt160.00–160.006932
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,200975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,7001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3476141.21/cwt130.00–146.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335132.50/cwt132.50–132.504441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730118.00/cwt118.00–118.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3363136.24/cwt135.00–137.504952
BullsLarge 1590127.00/cwt127.00–127.007497
BullsLarge 1460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1591,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5906
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295157.50/cwt157.50–157.504651

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.