Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $165.94/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$165.94

38 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$14.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.10

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	518	169.48	878	29
Medium and Large 2-3	523	154.56	808	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about $70 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 sale38 hd

165.94

—

KY average23 barns · 2,525 hd

160.84

+5.10

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	—	Average	1,734	111.43	1,933	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,691	77.15	1,304	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	58.85	730	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	57.91	632	9thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	149.56/cwt	147.50–152.50	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	163.50/cwt	159.00–164.00	989	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	994	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	705	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	58.04/cwt	56.00–61.00	665	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	67.83/cwt	66.00–70.00	648	2
Bulls	—	—	1,641	108.97/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,788	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	47.68/cwt	45.50–50.00	520	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	62.81/cwt	62.00–64.00	800	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	53.37/cwt	52.50–54.00	653	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	57.21/cwt	55.00–60.00	690	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	73.98/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,224	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,752	82.42/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,444	3
Bulls	—	—	1,881	115.29/cwt	115.00–117.00	2,169	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	138.70/cwt	130.00–147.50	1,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	182.25/cwt	182.00–182.50	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	169.08/cwt	163.00–171.00	881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	812	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	130.41/cwt	130.00–131.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	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 →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Jan 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 196Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 60Year ago 52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	147.50	147.50
5	—	380	147.50–152.50	149.56
4	—	501	140.00	140.00
1	—	230	137.50	137.50
5	—	486	145.00	145.00
1	—	305	145.00	145.00
5	—	610	130.00–131.00	130.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	141.00	141.00
3	—	667	149.00	149.00
2	—	380	160.00	160.00
3	—	450	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	605	159.00–164.00	163.50
2	—	380	182.00–182.50	182.25
2	—	730	141.00	141.00
1	—	255	170.00	170.00
4	—	521	163.00–171.00	169.08
9	—	456	178.00	178.00
1	—	305	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	130.00–147.50	138.70
1	—	480	177.00	177.00
1	—	640	157.00	157.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,145	56.00–61.00	58.04
2	—	955	66.00–70.00	67.83
2	—	1,090	45.50–50.00	47.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,274	62.00–64.00	62.81
4	—	1,224	52.50–54.00	53.37
6	—	1,206	55.00–60.00	57.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,654	70.00–78.00	73.98
3	—	1,752	81.00–83.00	82.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,641	103.00–112.00	108.97
7	—	1,881	115.00–117.00	115.29

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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