Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.01/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$145.01

71 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$1.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.29

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	563	145.29	818	61
Medium and Large 2-3	442	143.35	634	10thin

One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about $184 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 sale71 hd

145.01

—

KY average27 barns · 2,623 hd

136.72

+8.29

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	1,963	89.30	1,753	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	68.00	1,142	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	63.49	809	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	510	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	149.47/cwt	142.50–150.00	798	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	143.73/cwt	142.50–145.00	460	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	139.29/cwt	134.00–140.00	730	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	129.95/cwt	129.00–130.00	771	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	850	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	124.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	159.49/cwt	158.00–162.50	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	126.31/cwt	126.00–126.50	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,510	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	810	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	3,888	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,396	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	965.41/cwt	775.00–1,110.00	12,531	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	937.89/cwt	780.00–1,080.00	12,033	2
Bulls	—	—	1,962	87.40/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,715	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	63.49/cwt	63.00–64.00	809	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,142	1
Bulls	—	—	1,965	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,867	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 Sep 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 62Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 32Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	123.00	123.00
1	—	785	113.00	113.00
2	—	600	125.00	125.00
17	—	524	134.00–140.00	139.29
20	—	593	129.00–130.00	129.95
1	—	330	141.00	141.00
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
2	—	372	141.00	141.00
3	—	442	143.00	143.00
7	—	655	120.00–125.00	124.27
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	134.00	134.00
3	—	435	135.00–136.00	135.33
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
1	—	530	137.00	137.00
5	—	482	145.00	145.00
2	—	320	142.50–145.00	143.73
1	—	595	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	534	142.50–150.00	149.47
23	—	582	146.00	146.00
2	—	728	116.00	116.00
3	—	393	158.00–162.50	159.49
5	—	627	126.00–126.50	126.31
6	—	662	125.00	125.00
8	—	465	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	122.50	122.50
1	—	455	151.00	151.00
3	—	407	170.00	170.00
1	—	650	138.00	138.00
1	—	790	136.00	136.00
1	—	560	141.00	141.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	810	480.00	480.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,160	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,298	775.00–1,110.00	965.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,283	780.00–1,080.00	937.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,962	84.00–90.00	87.40
1	—	1,965	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	63.00–64.00	63.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	68.00	68.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle