Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-10-05

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
22 vs last sale 109 142 vs year ago 229 · 62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
20 vs last sale 29 17 vs year ago 26 · 65.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 0 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: No comparison from last weeks light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. 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 $132.41/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$132.41
34 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.93
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3478133.3763712thin
Medium and Large 1-2556131.8973322
One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale34 hd
132.41
KY average25 barns · 2,748 hd
130.48
+1.93
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
BullsLow1,62282.931,3453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20060.507261thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17559.006931thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01040.004041thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2586128.00/cwt128.00–128.007506
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665121.00/cwt121.00–121.008054
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007311
BullsMedium and Large 2-3429141.80/cwt141.00–142.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780125.50/cwt125.50–125.509792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616133.50/cwt133.50–133.508228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632135.00/cwt135.00–135.008535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005814
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475143.00/cwt143.00–143.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389135.33/cwt134.00–136.005263
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588128.00/cwt128.00–128.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3488131.00/cwt131.00–131.006394
BullsMedium and Large 2-3358145.00/cwt145.00–145.005192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462144.00/cwt144.00–144.006655
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531132.50/cwt132.50–132.507045
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560121.37/cwt121.00–121.506804
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,453870.48/cwt830.00–910.0012,6482
Bulls1,15573.00/cwt73.00–73.008431
Bulls1,85587.90/cwt85.00–90.001,6312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20060.50/cwt60.50–60.507261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,17559.00/cwt59.00–59.006931
CowsLean 85-90%1,01040.00/cwt40.00–40.004041

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.