Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-10-12

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
117 vs last sale 87 93 vs year ago 111 · +83.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
14 vs last sale 9 2 vs year ago 21 · +9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
3 vs last sale 16 2 vs year ago 15 · 13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and bull calves were mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. 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 $129.61/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$129.61
68 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496134.6166845
Medium and Large 2-3527120.1763322
Large 1635112.007111thin
One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale68 hd
129.61
KY average26 barns · 3,045 hd
130.42
−0.82
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
BullsLow1,39574.001,0321thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,20567.008071thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31852.316907thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19051.226107thin

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 1-2649116.00/cwt116.00–116.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750104.00/cwt104.00–104.007805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2362158.00/cwt158.00–158.005726
BullsLarge 1635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2314151.00/cwt151.00–151.004747
BullsMedium and Large 1-2598123.00/cwt123.00–123.007366
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540131.00/cwt131.00–131.007071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430142.50/cwt142.50–142.506131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446131.00/cwt131.00–131.005844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2504136.00/cwt136.00–136.006854
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3457125.00/cwt125.00–125.0057111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517142.65/cwt142.00–144.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684130.59/cwt129.50–131.008936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383137.00/cwt137.00–137.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648112.00/cwt112.00–112.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660129.25/cwt129.25–129.2585318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571126.00/cwt126.00–126.007197
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3359128.25/cwt126.00–129.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added554140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077614
BullsMedium and Large 2-3533118.00/cwt118.00–118.006292
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516129.00/cwt129.00–129.006666
BullsMedium and Large 2-3552118.00/cwt118.00–118.006515
BullsMedium and Large 2-3626106.38/cwt104.00–107.006665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448141.50/cwt141.50–141.5063411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3463128.59/cwt125.00–129.5059510
BullsLarge 11,4401,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0017,6401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2940740.00/cwt740.00–740.006,9561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,360840.00/cwt840.00–840.0011,4241
Bulls1,39574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21353.07/cwt51.00–57.006445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13346.58/cwt45.00–48.505282
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,19255.28/cwt53.50–57.506593
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14559.00/cwt59.00–59.006761
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50247.11/cwt45.00–48.507083
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,20567.00/cwt67.00–67.008071

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.