Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were steady with good demand. Feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 higher, good demand for 400-500lbs heifers. Slaughter cows were steadily up 2.00-3.00, slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.72/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$199.72

56 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$60.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.42

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	467	208.34	973	48
Medium and Large 2-3	481	148.00	711	8thin

One grade step is worth $60.34/cwt here — about $262 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

199.72

—

KY average23 barns · 7,419 hd

197.30

+2.42

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	1,718	121.75	2,092	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,438	90.82	1,306	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	90.55	1,124	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	77.77	856	5thin

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,500	$1,725	1thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,323	$1,431	15
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,386	$1,425	9
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	198.75/cwt	193.00–201.00	1,018	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	476	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	170.84/cwt	167.50–172.50	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	200.53/cwt	190.00–220.00	932	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	193.49/cwt	193.00–194.00	1,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	454	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,071	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	367	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	840	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	352	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	218.35/cwt	210.00–219.00	969	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,386	1,425.12/head	1,010.00–1,540.00	1,425	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	1,431.44/head	1,090.00–1,630.00	1,431	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bulls	—	—	1,370	95.69/cwt	80.00–108.00	1,311	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	121.24/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,831	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	89.56/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,094	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	98.07/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,463	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	84.70/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,222	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	77.77/cwt	75.00–80.00	856	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	82.75/cwt	82.00–84.00	996	4
Bulls	—	—	2,043	130.95/cwt	127.00–134.00	2,675	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	97.99/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,268	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	89.69/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,238	3

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 Apr 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 0Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 0Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 0Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	210.00	210.00
2	—	708	175.00	175.00
12	—	512	193.00–201.00	198.75
7	—	337	217.50	217.50
1	—	915	122.50	122.50
1	—	555	193.00	193.00
13	—	444	210.00–219.00	218.35
1	—	650	168.00	168.00
1	—	850	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	150.00	150.00
2	—	525	140.00	140.00
2	—	450	157.50	157.50
1	—	580	144.00	144.00
2	—	352	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	367	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	211.00	211.00
6	—	512	218.00	218.00
2	—	653	202.00	202.00
5	—	234	203.50	203.50
2	—	585	205.00	205.00
2	—	745	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	255.00	255.00
1	—	415	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	711	167.50–172.50	170.84
3	—	465	190.00–220.00	200.53
4	—	623	193.00–194.00	193.49
1	—	420	210.00	210.00
6	—	364	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	454	236.00	236.00
1	—	315	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	150.00	150.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	—	1,386	1,010.00–1,540.00	1,425.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	—	1,323	1,090.00–1,630.00	1,431.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	975	1,175.00	1,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	80.00–108.00	95.69
6	—	1,510	114.00–124.00	121.24
6	—	2,043	127.00–134.00	130.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,222	85.00–94.00	89.56
4	—	1,204	82.00–84.00	82.75
5	—	1,294	95.00–101.00	97.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	95.00–101.00	98.07
3	—	1,443	82.00–86.00	84.70
3	—	1,380	88.00–91.00	89.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,101	75.00–80.00	77.77

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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