Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-09-21

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
60 vs last sale 151 102 vs year ago 193 · 52.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
9 vs last sale 7 2 vs year ago 14 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 11 1 vs year ago 16 · +6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer calves were mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.45/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$143.45
29 head · 627 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.00
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2641144.6892725
Medium and Large 2-3543135.757364thin
One grade step is worth $8.93/cwt here — about $191 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 sale29 hd
143.45
KY average26 barns · 4,894 hd
149.45
−6.00
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
BullsAverage1,18583.009841thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46764.369445thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17158.386844thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14555.506351thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2455157.50/cwt157.50–157.507171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613131.98/cwt131.00–133.008092
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531147.00/cwt147.00–147.007815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568144.00/cwt144.00–144.008182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,10510
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495137.50/cwt137.50–137.506811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006901
SteersMedium and Large 2-3440147.50/cwt147.50–147.506491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305126.00/cwt126.00–126.003841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568147.00/cwt147.00–147.008352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720132.00/cwt132.00–132.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602136.00/cwt136.00–136.008193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500156.50/cwt156.50–156.507836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373156.00/cwt156.00–156.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420116.00/cwt116.00–116.004871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485129.00/cwt129.00–129.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446138.50/cwt138.50–138.506188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577132.00/cwt132.00–132.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2502133.00/cwt133.00–133.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365157.50/cwt157.50–157.505752
BullsMedium and Large 2-3413135.00/cwt135.00–135.005582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665124.15/cwt120.00–125.008266
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195861.82/cwt850.00–875.0010,2992
Bulls1,18583.00/cwt83.00–83.009841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12556.67/cwt54.00–59.506383
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31063.50/cwt63.50–63.508321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54862.04/cwt61.00–63.009602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41365.91/cwt65.00–67.009313
CowsLean 85-90%1,14555.50/cwt55.50–55.506351

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.