Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-06-07

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 39▼ 73 vs year ago 142 · −51.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 34▼ 26 vs year ago 31 · −83.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 19▲ 25 vs year ago 13 · +192.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: All feeder cattle classes sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady. No test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.10/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$139.10
30 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−12.01
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2612139.1085230
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 sale30 hd
139.10
—
KY average26 barns · 4,876 hd
151.11
−12.01
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35884.981,1543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14877.508892thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,690116.001,9601thin

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)1,250$1,1251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$1,1153thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$1,0502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,086$1,4287
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,075$1,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,088$1,2512thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$8251thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1-2—275165.00/cwt165.00–165.004541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420167.50/cwt167.50–167.507041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—91097.50/cwt97.50–97.508874
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—450165.00/cwt165.00–165.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—430170.00/cwt170.00–170.007311
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—1,135110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—833110.50/cwt110.50–110.509203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—460169.00/cwt169.00–169.0077711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—650112.50/cwt112.50–112.507312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—624128.69/cwt128.00–130.008033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630146.00/cwt146.00–146.009201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507331
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—690112.50/cwt112.50–112.507761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—445162.50/cwt162.50–162.507232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—395159.00/cwt159.00–159.006282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—678117.00/cwt117.00–117.007932
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—373177.50/cwt177.50–177.506622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—81884.22/cwt82.50–86.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,18390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0881,250.86/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,462.50/head1,400.00–1,525.001,4634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2451,050.20/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2501,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,114.91/head810.00–1,275.001,1153
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1551,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,322.56/head1,225.00–1,425.001,3232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20065.00/cwt65.00–65.007801
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09590.00/cwt90.00–90.009861
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35884.98/cwt84.00–86.001,1543
SteersChoice—1,690116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9601

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.