Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves were not well tested. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady on a light test. 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 $126.92/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$126.92

46 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$152

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

$1.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.63

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	463	127.71	592	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	126.53	744	31

One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about −$152 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 sale46 hd

126.92

—

KY average26 barns · 2,638 hd

132.55

−5.63

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	—	High	1,978	89.50	1,770	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,366	61.13	835	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	53.50	623	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,260	43.50	548	1thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	120.38/cwt	120.00–121.00	764	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	732	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	119.58/cwt	118.00–120.00	674	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	134.55/cwt	134.50–135.00	589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	121.50/cwt	116.00–127.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	446	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	138.89/cwt	136.00–147.50	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	126.78/cwt	126.50–127.00	562	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	696	4
Bulls	—	—	2,090	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,965	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	623	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,585	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	64.26/cwt	63.50–65.00	839	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	60.56/cwt	57.00–62.00	834	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	548	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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 91Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 16Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	635	120.00–121.00	120.38
4	—	446	144.00	144.00
9	—	581	126.00	126.00
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
3	—	763	114.50	114.50
6	—	523	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	109.50	109.50
4	—	383	136.00–147.50	138.89
9	—	443	126.50–127.00	126.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	121.00	121.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
5	—	564	118.00–120.00	119.58
6	—	523	116.00–127.00	121.50
2	—	720	107.00	107.00
6	—	446	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	438	134.50–135.00	134.55
3	—	660	128.50	128.50
4	—	523	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	141.00	141.00
1	—	535	128.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,865	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	53.50	53.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	63.50–65.00	64.26
11	—	1,377	57.00–62.00	60.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	43.50	43.50

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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