Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-05-31

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 31
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
11 vs last sale 50 6 vs year ago 45 · 13.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
11 vs last sale 23 22 vs year ago 12 · +183.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
27 vs last sale 46 12 vs year ago 7 · +171.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: All classes of feeder cattle sold 4.00-6.00 lower on a light offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on the average dressers and 4.00-6.00 higher on the high dressing individuals.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.30/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$140.30
16 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
9.95
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520140.3072916thin
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 sale16 hd
140.30
KY average18 barns · 2,951 hd
150.25
−9.95
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
BullsLow1,645120.991,99016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43289.311,27916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12986.509774thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92070.176465thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)895$6801thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)710$5801thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)964$1,2501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)857$7316
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)940$6701thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2513154.00/cwt154.00–154.007903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715126.00/cwt126.00–126.009011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430165.00/cwt165.00–165.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380161.00/cwt161.00–161.006121
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450126.00/cwt126.00–126.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622144.50/cwt144.50–144.508992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707137.50/cwt137.50–137.509723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added612158.50/cwt158.50–158.509702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added535162.00/cwt162.00–162.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448149.00/cwt149.00–149.006685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581132.96/cwt132.00–135.007726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505143.00/cwt143.00–143.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29641,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2710580.00/head580.00–580.005801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2895680.00/head680.00–680.006801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2857731.08/head625.00–950.007316
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940670.00/head670.00–670.006701
Bulls1,05094.00/cwt94.00–94.009871
Bulls1,571117.34/cwt115.00–120.001,8437
Bulls1,784127.56/cwt124.00–133.002,2768
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15873.43/cwt71.00–76.008502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10099.57/cwt98.00–101.001,0952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46189.56/cwt83.00–93.001,30810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43096.95/cwt95.00–103.001,3864
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29372.76/cwt69.00–77.009412
CowsLean 85-90%94472.96/cwt71.00–75.006894
CowsLean 85-90%82559.00/cwt59.00–59.004871

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.