Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-05-23

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
147 vs last sale 216 19 vs year ago 50 · +38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
50 vs last sale 68 5 vs year ago 23 · 21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 41 vs year ago 46 · 89.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends available on all classes of feeder cattle due to low receipts. Favorable weather for hay making seemed to have sellers and buyers busy in their fields. No trend on slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $205.43/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$205.43
28 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,149
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.71
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534216.301,15620
Medium and Large 2-3622178.251,1088thin
One grade step is worth $38.06/cwt here — about $48 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 sale28 hd
205.43
KY average24 barns · 2,359 hd
201.72
+3.71
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,708126.712,16413
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,365101.001,3791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95073.266965thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)625$1,2301thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy373246.00/cwt246.00–246.009182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,21110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685182.98/cwt180.00–186.001,2532
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3613180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 2-3755145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3488168.97/cwt163.00–175.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3868123.76/cwt122.50–125.001,0742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2353200.00/cwt200.00–200.007062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added625207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2971
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650152.50/cwt152.50–152.509911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2771
SteersMedium 1-2675190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443200.00/cwt200.00–200.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615160.07/cwt152.50–175.009843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2532219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy410217.00/cwt217.00–217.008902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy364218.91/cwt216.00–220.007974
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300197.50/cwt197.50–197.505931
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0931
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-26251,230.00/head1,230.00–1,230.001,2301
Bulls1,343118.34/cwt109.00–124.001,5893
Bulls1,844132.14/cwt129.00–134.002,4379
Bulls1,575103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,6221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,365101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3791
CowsLean 85-90%1,04084.00/cwt84.00–84.008741
CowsLean 85-90%88575.44/cwt74.00–77.006683
CowsLean 85-90%1,05556.00/cwt56.00–56.005911

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.