Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-08-02

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
88 vs last sale 163 8 vs year ago 83 · 9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
15 vs last sale 29 2 vs year ago 16 · 12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No test due to low receipts. Demand for the all classes of feeder cattle was good. Buyer interest in slaughter cows and bulls remained low.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.19/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$155.19
33 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.22
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565157.0788732
Medium and Large 2-392595.008791thin
One grade step is worth $62.07/cwt here — about $8 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 sale33 hd
155.19
KY average25 barns · 1,814 hd
149.97
+5.22
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
BullsAverage1,811119.172,1587thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49584.451,2634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24369.508642thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640149.69/cwt145.00–152.009583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440166.00/cwt166.00–166.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762122.00/cwt122.00–122.009303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy310195.00/cwt195.00–195.006052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662142.50/cwt142.50–142.509435
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448179.00/cwt179.00–179.008022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640132.48/cwt130.00–135.008482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579159.00/cwt159.00–159.0092113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435185.00/cwt185.00–185.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2597140.00/cwt140.00–140.008363
BullsMedium and Large 2-392595.00/cwt95.00–95.008791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527159.10/cwt148.00–168.008387
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585160.00/cwt160.00–160.009362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525159.00/cwt159.00–159.0083511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663137.00/cwt137.00–137.009084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19058.00/cwt58.00–58.006901
Bulls1,470111.93/cwt110.00–114.001,6452
Bulls1,947122.06/cwt120.00–125.002,3775
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49584.45/cwt79.50–88.001,2634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0491

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.