Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-12-14

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
31 vs last sale 114 339 vs year ago 422 · 80.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
26 vs last sale 43 18 vs year ago 35 · 51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 14 40 vs year ago 49 · 81.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Bull and heifer calves were steady on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. 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 $139.41/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$139.41
39 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506141.1471429
Medium and Large 2-3497134.3966810thin
One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about $46 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 sale39 hd
139.41
KY average24 barns · 2,541 hd
136.55
+2.86
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
BullsLow1,75573.501,2901thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46251.067475thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24950.096266thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05139.934204thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285172.50/cwt172.50–172.504921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007526
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438149.00/cwt149.00–149.006537
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3440143.00/cwt143.00–143.006292
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605122.00/cwt122.00–122.007382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330167.50/cwt167.50–167.505531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595146.00/cwt146.00–146.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705137.00/cwt137.00–137.009662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443137.00/cwt137.00–137.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664120.00/cwt120.00–120.007975
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390137.00/cwt137.00–137.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528131.50/cwt131.00–132.006948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363142.00/cwt142.00–142.005157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577124.00/cwt124.00–124.007155
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340158.86/cwt156.00–165.005403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2392155.33/cwt155.00–156.006093
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630114.44/cwt112.00–117.007212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3456140.00/cwt140.00–140.006385
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582133.00/cwt133.00–133.007743
BullsMedium and Large 1-2726116.00/cwt116.00–116.008424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,9921
Bulls1,75573.50/cwt73.50–73.501,2901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30057.50/cwt57.50–57.507481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08042.50/cwt42.50–42.504591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27950.14/cwt46.00–52.506414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47054.57/cwt52.50–56.508022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45748.72/cwt47.50–49.507103
CowsLean 85-90%97043.00/cwt43.00–43.004171
CowsLean 85-90%1,07838.91/cwt37.00–40.004193

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.