Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-08-24

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
29 vs last sale 113 132 vs year ago 216 · 61.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
0 vs last sale 11 2 vs year ago 13 · 15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
30 vs last sale 39 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Light supply of all classes with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.53/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$138.53
44 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2466141.2765934
Medium and Large 2-3565129.2473010thin
One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale44 hd
138.53
KY average27 barns · 4,247 hd
140.79
−2.26
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
BullsAverage1,64085.001,3941thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47063.439323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07359.756412thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16856.956652thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005741
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,8941
Bulls1,64085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2803113.00/cwt113.00–113.009072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512142.00/cwt142.00–142.007276
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567137.50/cwt137.50–137.507803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653132.75/cwt128.00–137.508674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2945130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655116.00/cwt116.00–116.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006283
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3745113.00/cwt113.00–113.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585128.97/cwt128.00–132.007544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512136.00/cwt136.00–136.0069610
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545133.50/cwt133.50–133.507281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3583130.01/cwt126.00–131.007585
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429145.44/cwt145.00–145.5062416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373144.00/cwt144.00–144.005374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595135.00/cwt135.00–135.008034
CowsBoner 80-85%97567.00/cwt67.00–67.006531
CowsLean 85-90%1,16856.95/cwt56.00–58.006652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17052.50/cwt52.50–52.506141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47063.43/cwt62.50–64.509323

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.