Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-06-27

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
33 vs last sale 118 26 vs year ago 177 · 14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
4 vs last sale 41 22 vs year ago 23 · +95.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
5 vs last sale 54 44 vs year ago 5 · +880.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were steady with good demand for weaned feeders. Feeder heifers were steady to up 1.00-2.00. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady up 2.00 with good buyer participation and demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.74/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$226.74
64 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,210
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$461
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.53
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536228.571,22662
Medium and Large 2-3450170.007652thin
One grade step is worth $58.57/cwt here — about $461 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 sale64 hd
226.74
KY average24 barns · 5,749 hd
211.21
+15.53
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
BullsHigh1,832118.902,1784thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433100.391,4392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08789.2797019
CowsLean 85-90%High90787.8279710

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
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,448$1,5104thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$1,32311
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,2005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,186$1,0797

Every lot, as filed

35 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 2-3560199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2648195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2642
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2586219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375249.00/cwt249.00–249.009342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355183.00/cwt183.00–183.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy532239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,27141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580206.53/cwt204.00–209.001,19810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy511261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,33412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611208.23/cwt207.00–210.001,27224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added610226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3791
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy444226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350230.00/cwt230.00–230.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4481,509.71/head1,300.00–1,730.001,5104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,323.34/head870.00–1,575.001,32311
Bulls2,115133.26/cwt130.00–136.002,8182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05279.44/cwt70.00–84.008366
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433100.39/cwt96.00–104.501,4392
CowsLean 85-90%70899.77/cwt95.00–105.007062
CowsLean 85-90%92073.00/cwt73.00–73.006721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11791.83/cwt89.00–95.001,0269
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07198.27/cwt96.50–100.001,0524
Bulls1,548104.53/cwt104.00–105.001,6182
CowsLean 85-90%96286.52/cwt82.00–89.008327

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.