Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-12-07

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 7
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
12 vs last sale 126 63 vs year ago 177 · 35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
7 vs last sale 50 14 vs year ago 29 · +48.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 16 7 vs year ago 21 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Bull and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.96/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$131.96
50 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.68
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583132.8577432
Medium and Large 2-3442130.3957618thin
One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $198 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 sale50 hd
131.96
KY average25 barns · 7,699 hd
132.64
−0.68
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
BullsHigh1,58590.001,4271thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49655.4883025
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28951.706675thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12837.784264thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600134.00/cwt134.00–134.0080410
BullsMedium and Large 2-3508130.49/cwt129.00–132.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2-3340148.00/cwt148.00–148.005031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625115.91/cwt105.00–127.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2446143.00/cwt143.00–143.006386
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626132.28/cwt130.00–135.0082815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566133.00/cwt133.00–133.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526133.00/cwt133.00–133.007009
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3445128.00/cwt128.00–128.005709
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335139.00/cwt139.00–139.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372136.00/cwt136.00–136.005066
BullsMedium and Large 1-2729121.00/cwt121.00–121.008827
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730107.48/cwt106.00–109.007852
BullsMedium and Large 2-3451140.00/cwt140.00–140.006315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527135.00/cwt135.00–135.007118
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360139.00/cwt139.00–139.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2748124.00/cwt124.00–124.009282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135924.89/cwt900.00–950.0010,4982
Bulls1,58590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35060.00/cwt60.00–60.008101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30345.50/cwt45.50–45.505932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24553.75/cwt53.50–54.006692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51956.38/cwt52.50–60.0085620
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41061.00/cwt61.00–61.008601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40449.58/cwt45.00–52.006964
CowsLean 85-90%1,12837.78/cwt34.00–41.504264

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.