Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trend on feeder steers and heifers due to low receipts. Bull calves sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $222.43/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$222.43

38 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$79.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.19

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	452	228.70	1,034	35
Medium and Large 2-3	688	149.26	1,027	3thin

One grade step is worth $79.44/cwt here — about $6 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

222.43

—

KY average24 barns · 2,222 hd

200.24

+22.19

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	1,778	124.97	2,222	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,451	96.12	1,394	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	84.84	1,020	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	80.90	831	8thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,129	$1,114	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,263	$1,090	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,016	$1,071	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,040	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,020	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$925	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$770	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$950	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$880	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$780	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$725	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,052	$1,731	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,233	$1,676	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,319	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,275	$1,300	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$910	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,323.81/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,324	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	770.00/head	770.00–770.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	1,730.55/head	1,525.00–1,975.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	1,676.12/head	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,211	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	151.39/cwt	142.50–160.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	843	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	952	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	438	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,047	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	377	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	886	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	511	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,140	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	76.30/cwt	74.00–78.50	794	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	980	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	98.44/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,458	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	88.00/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,184	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	98.39/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,181	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	67.99/cwt	65.00–72.50	782	3
Bulls	—	—	1,710	121.45/cwt	121.00–122.00	2,077	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	86.84/cwt	86.00–87.50	847	2
Bulls	—	—	1,915	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	86.82/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,072	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,173.34/head	1,000.00–1,460.00	1,173	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	820	780.00/head	780.00–780.00	780	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	1,172.36/head	1,110.00–1,300.00	1,172	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,045	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,284	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,040.00/head	1,040.00–1,040.00	1,040	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	960	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,090.00/head	1,090.00–1,090.00	1,090	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,020.00/head	1,020.00–1,020.00	1,020	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	765	880.00/head	880.00–880.00	880	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	865	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	949	969.47/head	960.00–975.00	969	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	944	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	940	964.30/head	850.00–1,075.00	964	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 May 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 157Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 58Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 25Year ago 37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,260	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,323.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,284	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	944	1,310.00	1,310.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,020.00	1,020.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	949	960.00–975.00	969.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	940	850.00–1,075.00	964.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,205	1,000.00–1,460.00	1,173.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,082	1,110.00–1,300.00	1,172.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,040.00	1,040.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,263	1,090.00	1,090.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	1,110.00	1,110.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	740.00	740.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,052	1,525.00–1,975.00	1,730.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,233	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,676.12
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	780.00	780.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	880.00	880.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	910.00	910.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	240.00	240.00
2	—	653	195.00	195.00
3	—	613	197.50	197.50
1	—	350	225.00	225.00
1	—	495	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	145.00	145.00
2	—	620	142.50–160.00	151.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	300	250.00	250.00
1	—	470	225.00	225.00
13	—	438	239.00	239.00
6	—	377	235.00	235.00
5	—	511	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	190.00	190.00
2	—	680	160.00	160.00
2	—	530	175.00	175.00
2	—	560	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	207.50	207.50
8	—	448	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	228.00	228.00
1	—	1,110	150.00	150.00
1	—	660	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	172.50	172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,040	74.00–78.50	76.30
1	—	1,065	92.00	92.00
2	—	975	86.00–87.50	86.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,481	95.00–100.00	98.44
2	—	1,345	87.00–89.00	88.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	95.00–100.00	98.39
3	—	1,150	65.00–72.50	67.99
5	—	1,235	82.00–90.00	86.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	121.00–122.00	121.45
1	—	1,915	132.00	132.00

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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How this sale compares

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