Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers were 2.00-4.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers and bull calves sold steady. Buyer demand was good on all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $231.57/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$231.57

57 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$85.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.79

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	475	240.24	1,142	50
Medium and Large 2	582	189.17	1,100	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	155.00	791	4thin

One grade step is worth $85.24/cwt here — about $351 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 sale57 hd

231.57

—

KY average24 barns · 2,100 hd

212.78

+18.79

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	—	High	1,747	126.64	2,212	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	117.19	1,700	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	103.25	1,250	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	80.45	736	25

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$740	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	909	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,231	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,342	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,311	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,151	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,473	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	247.04/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,062	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,016	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	845	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Bulls	—	—	1,769	136.00/cwt	127.00–142.00	2,406	7
Bulls	—	—	1,668	93.87/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,566	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	109.20/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,345	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	950	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,292	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	118.48/cwt	108.00–124.00	1,719	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	79.09/cwt	72.00–84.00	727	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	89.43/cwt	86.00–95.00	857	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	90.18/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,048	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	798	66.30/cwt	66.00–67.00	529	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 Jul 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 123Year ago 163

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 42Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	245.00	245.00
14	—	515	239.00	239.00
11	—	594	226.00	226.00
3	—	305	252.50	252.50
16	—	430	240.00–250.00	247.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	172.50	172.50
1	—	490	192.50	192.50
1	—	560	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	170.00	170.00
2	—	605	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	252.00	252.00
4	—	514	255.00	255.00
1	—	335	247.50	247.50
6	—	589	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	155.00	155.00
1	—	395	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	223.00	223.00
4	—	591	216.00	216.00
2	—	315	220.00	220.00
8	—	438	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	192.50	192.50
2	—	742	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	740.00	740.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,769	127.00–142.00	136.00
2	—	1,668	92.00–95.00	93.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,232	100.00–115.00	109.20
1	—	1,145	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,162	85.00–96.00	90.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	90.00	90.00
21	—	1,451	108.00–124.00	118.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	919	72.00–84.00	79.09
7	—	958	86.00–95.00	89.43
3	—	798	66.00–67.00	66.30

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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Bulls · 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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