Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-10-26

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
119 vs last sale 213 71 vs year ago 165 · 43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
26 vs last sale 14 31 vs year ago 9 · +344.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 27 7 vs year ago 23 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves were steady on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady with a limited comparison from last week. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.95/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$122.95
41 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.07
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598124.7974634
Large 1570117.006674thin
Medium and Large 2-3572110.006293thin
One grade step is worth $14.79/cwt here — about $117 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 sale41 hd
122.95
KY average24 barns · 4,768 hd
132.03
−9.07
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
BullsHigh1,47375.831,1173thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39051.1371119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24350.586298thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24941.835223thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2330159.00/cwt159.00–159.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760111.00/cwt111.00–111.008442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2461143.50/cwt143.50–143.506624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2536133.50/cwt133.50–133.507164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2598125.50/cwt125.50–125.507508
BullsMedium and Large 1-2674119.50/cwt119.50–119.508056
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3572110.00/cwt110.00–110.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310137.50/cwt137.50–137.504261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743105.50/cwt105.00–106.007842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600131.00/cwt131.00–131.007861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780126.50/cwt126.50–126.509871
HeifersLarge 1570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573120.00/cwt120.00–120.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521127.00/cwt127.00–127.006629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690113.00/cwt113.00–113.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2803113.00/cwt113.00–113.009072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added739126.00/cwt126.00–126.0093110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005871
BullsMedium and Large 2-381590.00/cwt90.00–90.007343
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360132.00/cwt132.00–132.004751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455128.50/cwt128.50–128.505853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398133.50/cwt133.50–133.505312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1021,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2964
Bulls1,46085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28559.00/cwt59.00–59.007581
Bulls1,22572.50/cwt72.50–72.508881
Bulls1,73570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44062.50/cwt62.50–62.509001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23545.82/cwt43.00–47.505664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18852.96/cwt50.00–56.506293
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37353.96/cwt52.50–57.507419
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41847.42/cwt45.00–50.006729
CowsLean 85-90%1,21038.50/cwt38.50–38.504661
CowsLean 85-90%1,26843.49/cwt42.00–45.005512

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.