Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-02-22

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
9 vs last sale 91 52 vs year ago 134 · 38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
10 vs last sale 22 14 vs year ago 18 · +77.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
51 vs last sale 22 54 vs year ago 19 · +284.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.12/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$148.12
15 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.72
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2431150.7065014thin
Medium and Large 2-3625112.007001thin
One grade step is worth $38.70/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale15 hd
148.12
KY average26 barns · 7,826 hd
149.84
−1.72
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
BullsLow1,63094.791,5458thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38082.101,1335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22868.4584013
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03357.735975thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2575148.00/cwt148.00–148.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3680112.50/cwt112.50–112.507651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2348179.00/cwt179.00–179.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2311167.15/cwt160.00–169.005205
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580152.50/cwt152.50–152.508851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360164.00/cwt160.00–166.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615123.00/cwt123.00–123.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653124.00/cwt124.00–124.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,5351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09553.80/cwt45.00–61.005893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32779.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39382.87/cwt81.50–84.501,1544
CowsLean 85-90%93544.00/cwt44.00–44.004111
CowsLean 85-90%1,05861.16/cwt55.00–64.006474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663134.00/cwt134.00–134.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385179.00/cwt179.00–179.006891
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2920788.32/cwt750.00–825.007,2532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,408.15/cwt1,175.00–1,725.0015,7715
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,203825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,9252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,010825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,3331
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2823817.89/cwt775.00–860.006,7312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,104929.01/cwt640.00–1,270.0010,25619
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2843632.24/cwt410.00–950.005,3304
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2795570.36/cwt300.00–775.004,5342
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,052.78/cwt750.00–1,300.0012,63316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29281,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0011,3681
Bulls1,48083.10/cwt73.50–89.501,2303
Bulls1,62794.54/cwt90.00–99.001,5383
Bulls1,858112.72/cwt108.00–117.002,0942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24669.56/cwt63.00–75.008677
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31780.53/cwt79.00–82.501,0613

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.