Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-05-24

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
29 vs last sale 79 24 vs year ago 74 · 32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
9 vs last sale 14 14 vs year ago 9 · +155.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
33 vs last sale 13 38 vs year ago 8 · +475.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: All feeder calf classes sold steady to 2.00 higher on a light offering. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady with good demand for the high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.22/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$137.22
28 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.07
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656137.2290028
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 sale28 hd
137.22
KY average24 barns · 2,375 hd
156.29
−19.07
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
BullsAverage1,777112.081,9927thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37782.451,1359thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15081.009322thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96367.866534thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-2Fancy365187.50/cwt187.50–187.506843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527153.07/cwt150.00–162.508078
BullsMedium and Large 1-296587.50/cwt87.50–87.508441
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,02692.92/cwt82.50–95.009536
BullsMedium and Large 1-2310172.50/cwt172.50–172.505351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410164.00/cwt164.00–164.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2503148.00/cwt148.00–148.007442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330162.50/cwt162.50–162.505362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650137.50/cwt137.50–137.508943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614133.38/cwt131.00–138.008193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710130.50/cwt130.50–130.509272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461158.19/cwt155.00–159.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673121.00/cwt121.00–121.008142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4451,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0018,0631
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,190900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,7101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2948900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,5322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1081,088.12/cwt825.00–1,200.0012,05618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135970.00/cwt970.00–970.0011,0101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,8051,420.00/cwt1,420.00–1,420.0025,6311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060790.00/cwt790.00–790.008,3742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120854.91/cwt750.00–900.009,5753
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,6101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0371,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0015,0375
Bulls1,963107.41/cwt105.00–110.002,1082
Bulls1,746123.68/cwt118.00–127.002,1594
Bulls1,53075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11083.00/cwt83.00–83.009211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35374.07/cwt72.00–76.001,0024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39689.16/cwt88.00–91.001,2455
CowsLean 85-90%97564.81/cwt62.00–67.006323
CowsLean 85-90%92577.00/cwt77.00–77.007121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19079.00/cwt79.00–79.009401

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.