Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.56/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$141.56

50 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$27.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.75

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	142.10	794	49
Medium and Large 2-3	685	115.00	788	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.10/cwt here — about $6 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

141.56

—

KY average22 barns · 3,925 hd

148.31

−6.75

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,729	95.39	1,649	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	76.74	1,159	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	67.45	821	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	51.52	504	5thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	145.58/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,026	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	134.31/cwt	133.00–137.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	123.75/cwt	120.00–124.50	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	142.77/cwt	130.00–147.00	765	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	147.34/cwt	146.00–147.50	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	149.77/cwt	143.00–150.50	689	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	128.37/cwt	121.00–136.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	632	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	595	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	4,209	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	739.42/cwt	630.00–840.00	6,477	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	796.97/cwt	730.00–930.00	9,141	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	797	674.83/cwt	300.00–785.00	5,378	18
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	776.95/cwt	700.00–840.00	5,477	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	91.01/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,402	2
Bulls	—	—	1,990	107.22/cwt	107.00–107.50	2,134	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,276	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	69.60/cwt	65.00–75.00	880	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	656	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	76.74/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,159	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	65.54/cwt	64.00–67.00	669	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	44.27/cwt	44.00–44.50	416	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	371	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Mar 1, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 82Year ago 87

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 32Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 73Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	140.00	140.00
2	—	498	158.00	158.00
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
4	—	446	161.00	161.00
1	—	355	167.50	167.50
1	—	750	132.00	132.00
2	—	573	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	157.00	157.00
2	—	563	161.50	161.50
16	—	705	137.00–147.00	145.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	143.00	143.00
6	—	664	133.00–137.00	134.31
6	—	788	120.00–124.50	123.75
8	—	536	130.00–147.00	142.77
3	—	313	155.00	155.00
9	—	562	146.00–147.50	147.34
10	—	460	143.00–150.50	149.77
2	—	723	121.00–136.00	128.37
4	—	433	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	400.00	400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	455.00	455.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	—	876	630.00–840.00	739.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	—	1,147	730.00–930.00	796.97
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	—	797	300.00–785.00	674.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	705	700.00–840.00	776.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	89.00–93.00	91.01
2	—	1,990	107.00–107.50	107.22
1	—	1,585	80.50	80.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	65.00–75.00	69.60
1	—	1,075	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,510	75.00–79.00	76.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	64.00–67.00	65.54
2	—	940	44.00–44.50	44.27
1	—	975	38.00	38.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle