Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-09-07

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
22 vs last sale 84 40 vs year ago 102 · 39.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
1 vs last sale 11 0 vs year ago 12 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
23 vs last sale 9 11 vs year ago 21 · +52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No comparison due to market not being reported last week. 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 $135.61/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$135.61
28 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.03
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536138.9574520
Medium and Large 2-3531127.276758thin
One grade step is worth $11.68/cwt here — about $69 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 sale28 hd
135.61
KY average19 barns · 2,932 hd
140.65
−5.03
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
BullsAverage1,77086.501,5311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19564.507711thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,18960.777234thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04351.755392thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2305174.00/cwt174.00–174.005311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2761120.00/cwt120.00–120.009135
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620137.00/cwt137.00–137.008491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2439165.00/cwt165.00–165.007245
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367166.00/cwt166.00–166.006093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529151.00/cwt151.00–151.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580127.59/cwt124.00–131.007402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632152.00/cwt152.00–152.009613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585152.00/cwt152.00–152.008891
SteersMedium and Large 2-3365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383146.00/cwt146.00–146.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518141.00/cwt141.00–141.007306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468145.00/cwt145.00–145.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685129.80/cwt129.00–130.008895
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005141
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555149.00/cwt149.00–149.008271
BullsMedium and Large 2-3670118.01/cwt116.00–122.007913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006171
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29351,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,2851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295830.00/cwt830.00–830.0010,7491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,138700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,9663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920830.00/cwt830.00–830.007,6361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19564.50/cwt64.50–64.507711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18960.77/cwt60.00–62.507234
Bulls1,77086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,5311
CowsLean 85-90%1,09058.50/cwt58.50–58.506381
CowsLean 85-90%99545.00/cwt45.00–45.004481

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.