Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-02-08

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
96 vs last sale 171 26 vs year ago 49 · +53.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
42 vs last sale 52 4 vs year ago 14 · 28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
54 vs last sale 63 29 vs year ago 38 · 76.3%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.98/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$139.98
42 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$81.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.36
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516143.8574340
Medium 242062.502632thin
One grade step is worth $81.35/cwt here — about $480 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 sale42 hd
139.98
KY average22 barns · 3,308 hd
143.34
−3.36
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
BullsAverage1,29294.051,2153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20072.018645thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97551.004971thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-2503159.93/cwt135.00–165.008046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532146.16/cwt138.00–147.0077811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452149.66/cwt145.00–150.5067613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260177.50/cwt177.50–177.504621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583161.00/cwt161.00–161.009392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338177.50/cwt177.50–177.506002
HeifersMedium 250575.00/cwt75.00–75.003791
HeifersMedium 233550.00/cwt50.00–50.001681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613130.47/cwt129.00–132.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579139.00/cwt139.00–139.008058
BullsMedium 2280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003361
BullsMedium 272562.50/cwt62.50–62.504531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310138.42/cwt127.50–149.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2654135.00/cwt135.00–135.008834
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,08095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385142.50/cwt142.50–142.505491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448174.00/cwt174.00–174.007807
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008912
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,21098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710128.00/cwt128.00–128.009091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576149.00/cwt149.00–149.008585
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0017,0382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,0781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,7751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2777623.06/cwt400.00–835.004,8413
Bred CowsMedium 2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium 2490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7641
Bulls1,29294.05/cwt90.00–98.001,2153
CowsLean 85-90%97551.00/cwt51.00–51.004971
CowsBoner 80-85%785485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,8071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20072.01/cwt66.00–79.008645

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.