Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were sharply higher with good demand for 300-500lbs weight steers, with good buyer demand for lightweight feeder bulls to. Feeder heifers were also up 4-5 across the board with very good demand for heifer packages. Slaughter cows were up with 4-5 higher demand, slaughter bulls were steadily up 5-6 with higher demand for bulls.

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers

21hd 513lbs $220 BLK

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.84/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$180.84

56 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$54.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.66

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	473	186.72	883	50
Medium and Large 2-3	570	131.83	751	6thin

One grade step is worth $54.89/cwt here — about $131 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 sale56 hd

180.84

—

KY average23 barns · 6,146 hd

185.50

−4.66

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	—	Average	1,750	121.38	2,123	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	93.35	1,316	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,233	89.79	1,107	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	71.40	727	7thin

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)	855	$725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	450	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,063	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,199	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	219.35/cwt	219.00–220.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	372	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	449	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,044	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,129	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	942	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,049	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	436	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	389	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	743	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	—	—	1,534	115.41/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,770	6
Bulls	—	—	1,965	127.34/cwt	121.00–135.00	2,502	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	93.45/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,280	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	96.80/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,263	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	74.93/cwt	70.00–78.00	798	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	85.50/cwt	85.00–86.00	853	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	87.69/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,062	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,435	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,260	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	504	2

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 Mar 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 134Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 16Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 29Year ago 11

Groups of 20 head or more:

Steers

21hd 513lbs $220 BLK

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	199.50	199.50
7	—	689	174.00	174.00
3	—	318	219.00–220.00	219.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	117.50	117.50
1	—	640	166.00	166.00
1	—	405	137.50	137.50
1	—	650	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	187.50	187.50
15	—	508	185.50	185.50
6	—	573	183.00	183.00
2	—	675	169.00	169.00
2	—	335	182.50	182.50
1	—	640	180.00	180.00
2	—	413	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	436	192.00	192.00
7	—	389	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	189.00	189.00
4	—	576	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	235.00	235.00
8	—	449	232.50	232.50
21	—	513	220.00	220.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,534	114.00–118.00	115.41
6	—	1,965	121.00–135.00	127.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	91.00–96.00	93.45
1	—	1,400	102.50	102.50
1	—	1,500	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	94.00–101.00	96.80
10	—	1,211	83.00–91.00	87.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,065	70.00–78.00	74.93
2	—	998	85.00–86.00	85.50
2	—	970	52.00	52.00

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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