Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-8.00 higher and bull calves were 8.00-10.00 higher. All feeder cattle were in good demand especially those under 500 lbs. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls traded 6.00-8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.39/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$137.39

74 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$86

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$24.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.66

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	490	139.03	682	69
Medium and Large 2-3	669	114.80	768	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.23/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale74 hd

137.39

—

KY average25 barns · 6,828 hd

148.05

−10.66

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,791	96.59	1,730	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,469	66.50	977	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	58.54	721	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	989	51.71	511	27

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,142	$1,086	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,106	$1,023	27
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$1,016	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,014	$916	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	977	$900	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$825	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$700	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$560	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,159	$1,819	20
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	961	$1,419	12
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	920	$1,400	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$938	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	938	$675	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,595	$1,475	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,210	$1,087	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$1,283	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,302	$1,110	9
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,027	$716	7
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	990	$700	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$626	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	1,486.36/head	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,486	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	660	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,042	830.33/head	650.00–975.00	830	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,154.07/head	1,130.00–1,175.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,086.50/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,087	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	157.23/cwt	153.00–159.00	918	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	829	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	147.92/cwt	138.00–150.00	682	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.30/cwt	133.00–134.00	758	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	151.69/cwt	150.00–152.50	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	136.90/cwt	135.00–140.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	152.24/cwt	150.00–153.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	146.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	640	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	133.21/cwt	126.00–135.00	702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	248	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	163.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	142.65/cwt	142.00–144.00	953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	660	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	824	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	70.26/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,038	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	65.20/cwt	64.00–67.00	959	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	59.07/cwt	55.00–63.00	729	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	52.51/cwt	52.00–53.00	635	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	617	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	36.05/cwt	35.00–37.00	341	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	61.16/cwt	57.00–67.00	613	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	67.63/cwt	65.00–70.00	787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,738	85.47/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,485	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	49.17/cwt	43.00–54.00	486	15
Bulls	—	—	1,850	105.39/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,950	5
Bulls	—	—	1,745	93.06/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,624	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	977	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	870	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	1,105.91/head	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,106	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,105.13/head	975.00–1,200.00	1,105	19
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	928	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,128	872.22/head	735.00–925.00	872	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,060	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,135	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,095	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,404	1,123.54/head	990.00–1,275.00	1,124	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,335	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	1,818.93/head	1,725.00–2,150.00	1,819	20
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	885	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	938	674.67/head	650.00–700.00	675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	1,268.02/head	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,268	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	858	690.40/head	625.00–810.00	690	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	626.03/head	600.00–650.00	626	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	716.17/head	660.00–800.00	716	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Tue Dec 13, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 324Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 66Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 155Last week 39Year ago 9

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	938	650.00–700.00	674.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	969	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,486.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,159	1,725.00–2,150.00	1,818.93
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	920	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,290	1,130.00–1,175.00	1,154.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,455	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,105.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	996	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,042	650.00–975.00	830.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	977	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	928	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	858	625.00–810.00	690.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,118	975.00–1,200.00	1,105.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,404	990.00–1,275.00	1,123.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,213	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,268.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,128	735.00–925.00	872.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	925.00	925.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,595	1,475.00	1,475.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,210	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,086.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,033	600.00–650.00	626.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,027	660.00–800.00	716.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	700.00	700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	584	153.00–159.00	157.23
11	—	518	160.00	160.00
5	—	738	136.00	136.00
3	—	270	174.00	174.00
3	—	428	160.00–165.00	163.42
3	—	668	142.00–144.00	142.65
1	—	375	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	138.00	138.00
2	—	355	141.00	141.00
6	—	461	138.00–150.00	147.92
3	—	339	150.00–152.50	151.69
1	—	660	128.00	128.00
2	—	422	130.00	130.00
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	569	133.00–134.00	133.30
2	—	745	124.00	124.00
5	—	316	135.00–140.00	136.90
4	—	371	150.00–153.00	152.24
2	—	648	129.00	129.00
25	—	437	140.00–149.00	146.50
14	—	527	126.00–135.00	133.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	94.00	94.00
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	802	149.00	149.00
2	—	643	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	117.50	117.50
2	—	505	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	248	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	58.00	58.00
4	—	1,478	69.00–72.00	70.26
5	—	1,471	64.00–67.00	65.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,234	55.00–63.00	59.07
2	—	1,210	52.00–53.00	52.51
1	—	1,370	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,163	65.00–70.00	67.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	35.00–37.00	36.05
9	—	1,003	57.00–67.00	61.16
15	—	989	43.00–54.00	49.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,738	84.00–86.00	85.47
5	—	1,850	100.00–110.00	105.39
3	—	1,745	92.00–95.00	93.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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