Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-05-17

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
35 vs last sale 114 49 vs year ago 128 · 38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 17 4 vs year ago 10 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
24 vs last sale 37 9 vs year ago 22 · 40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers steady on a very light test. Feeder heifers and bull calves under 500 lbs. sold steady with those over 500 lbs. trading 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady also on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.30/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$138.30
48 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531139.4474047
Medium and Large 2-388885.007551thin
One grade step is worth $54.44/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale48 hd
138.30
KY average27 barns · 5,481 hd
152.35
−14.05
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
BullsAverage1,213110.551,3416thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44383.601,2073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10772.998083thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2Fancy265200.00/cwt200.00–200.005301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463165.40/cwt164.00–166.007667
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432170.00/cwt170.00–170.007342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533151.96/cwt140.00–156.008106
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590147.44/cwt140.00–155.008702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2632127.30/cwt126.00–130.008053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595155.00/cwt155.00–155.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591135.07/cwt129.00–136.007987
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,010107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 2-388885.00/cwt85.00–85.007551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added532140.45/cwt140.00–141.0074711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458146.23/cwt146.00–146.5067018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715126.00/cwt126.00–126.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320157.50/cwt157.50–157.505041
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,440.00/cwt1,440.00–1,440.0019,2241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,8981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0013,3031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,220.00/cwt1,220.00–1,220.0017,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055785.00/cwt785.00–785.008,2821
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0015,7201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0015,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,5251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06560.00/cwt60.00–60.006391
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42080.65/cwt77.00–85.001,1452
Bulls1,213110.55/cwt110.00–112.001,3416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12879.49/cwt76.50–82.008972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,3341

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.