Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-11-16

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
95 vs last sale 222 62 vs year ago 189 · 32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
39 vs last sale 31 24 vs year ago 46 · +52.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves not well tested. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Moderate 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 $129.46/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$129.46
23 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3453131.005932thin
Medium and Large 1-2524129.3167721
One grade step is worth $1.69/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale23 hd
129.46
KY average25 barns · 3,417 hd
130.22
−0.77
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
BullsAverage1,96489.011,7484thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43253.5776717
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28053.086805thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12943.994976thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2526127.79/cwt126.00–130.5067212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363159.00/cwt159.00–159.005772
BullsMedium and Large 1-273896.00/cwt96.00–96.007083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2436144.00/cwt144.00–144.006284
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410137.50/cwt137.50–137.505641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3495124.50/cwt124.50–124.506161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587121.00/cwt121.00–121.007105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509124.40/cwt124.00–124.506335
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
SteersMedium and Large 2-3613117.30/cwt116.00–120.007193
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27851.72/cwt50.00–53.506614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29058.50/cwt58.50–58.507551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,10561.00/cwt61.00–61.006741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36948.94/cwt47.50–50.506704
CowsLean 85-90%1,07540.00/cwt40.00–40.004301
Bulls1,94288.35/cwt88.00–89.001,7163
Bulls2,03091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8471
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48054.49/cwt50.50–57.5080612
CowsLean 85-90%1,14044.79/cwt42.00–47.505115

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.