Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-04-26

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
74 vs last sale 156 137 vs year ago 219 · 62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 14 9 vs year ago 21 · 42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
15 vs last sale 7 16 vs year ago 6 · +266.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers sold steady with feeder heifers and bull calves selling 2.00-4.00 lower on a lower quality offering. Moderate demand on all feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $173.19/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$173.19
40 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2406173.1970340
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
173.19
KY average25 barns · 3,055 hd
157.93
+15.26
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
BullsLow1,57392.001,4472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24575.509401thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02366.216775thin

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005867.92/cwt700.00–970.008,72310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220195.00/cwt195.00–195.0042911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670136.85/cwt132.00–142.009172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583151.23/cwt148.00–152.008825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517156.45/cwt149.00–158.008096
BullsMedium and Large 1-2393178.00/cwt178.00–178.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384145.11/cwt144.00–147.505573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560146.00/cwt146.00–146.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455122.50/cwt122.50–122.505571
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510116.00/cwt116.00–116.005921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670149.00/cwt149.00–149.009981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735142.97/cwt141.00–145.001,0512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1662
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418126.79/cwt120.00–134.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431137.82/cwt137.50–140.005948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485144.00/cwt144.00–144.006982
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630137.52/cwt135.00–140.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617151.68/cwt150.00–155.009363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480164.00/cwt164.00–164.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529140.63/cwt136.00–146.007446
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433174.50/cwt174.00–175.0075610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2317178.30/cwt177.50–180.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325132.65/cwt127.50–137.504312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800862.32/cwt825.00–910.006,8995
Bulls1,72583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24575.50/cwt75.50–75.509401
CowsLean 85-90%1,06866.02/cwt64.00–70.007053
CowsLean 85-90%94579.00/cwt79.00–79.007471
Bulls1,420101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4341
CowsLean 85-90%96554.00/cwt54.00–54.005211

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.