Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to previous sale history.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.91/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$160.91

75 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$26.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

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	162.70	797	70
Medium and Large 2-3	532	135.90	723	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.80/cwt here — about $74 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 sale75 hd

160.91

—

KY average23 barns · 4,734 hd

163.62

−2.71

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	1,048	86.01	901	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	98.40	1,568	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	77.27	971	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	68.33	657	23

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,007	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$880	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$861	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$960	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	265	214.91/cwt	212.50–217.50	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	165.18/cwt	162.00–175.00	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	161.79/cwt	155.00–169.00	832	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	444	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	960	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	157.24/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,014	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,527	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	53.60/cwt	50.00–56.00	473	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	73.69/cwt	72.00–77.00	715	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	67.39/cwt	60.00–71.00	659	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	103.60/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,578	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	68.21/cwt	67.00–71.00	831	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	86.54/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,115	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	77.17/cwt	73.50–84.00	972	13
Bulls	—	—	977	82.85/cwt	80.00–86.00	809	3
Bulls	—	—	1,260	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,203	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	860.90/head	660.00–990.00	861	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,007.20/head	730.00–1,225.00	1,007	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	880.00/head	880.00–880.00	880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	504	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	153.97/cwt	148.00–160.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	178.24/cwt	175.00–181.00	948	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	174.64/cwt	172.50–175.00	1,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	161.25/cwt	160.00–162.50	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	343	182.73/cwt	180.00–183.00	627	10

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 Feb 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 234Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 24Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 54Year ago 9

No trends due to previous sale history.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	207.50	207.50
2	—	265	212.50–217.50	214.91
4	—	444	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	127.50	127.50
5	—	520	192.00	192.00
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
1	—	720	165.00	165.00
1	—	485	184.00	184.00
1	—	285	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	466	162.00–175.00	165.18
7	—	426	162.50	162.50
17	—	514	155.00–169.00	161.79
2	—	853	134.50	134.50
5	—	666	148.00	148.00
2	—	575	160.00	160.00
5	—	701	137.00	137.00
2	—	290	160.00–162.50	161.25
3	—	365	174.00	174.00
1	—	330	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00
1	—	440	142.50	142.50
1	—	640	142.50	142.50
1	—	345	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	343	180.00–183.00	182.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	150.00–159.00	157.24
2	—	773	146.00	146.00
1	—	330	190.00	190.00
11	—	532	175.00–181.00	178.24
7	—	579	172.50–175.00	174.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	202.50	202.50
1	—	290	230.00	230.00
6	—	385	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	141.00	141.00
1	—	504	130.00	130.00
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
2	—	578	148.00–160.00	153.97
1	—	365	137.50	137.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,523	100.00–107.00	103.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	882	50.00–56.00	53.60
10	—	970	72.00–77.00	73.69
10	—	978	60.00–71.00	67.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	67.00–71.00	68.21
6	—	1,288	80.00–96.00	86.54
13	—	1,259	73.50–84.00	77.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	80.00–86.00	82.85
1	—	1,260	95.50	95.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,023	660.00–990.00	860.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	730.00–1,225.00	1,007.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	880.00	880.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	960.00	960.00

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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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle