Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available on all cattle due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.13/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$224.13

29 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$63.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.89

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	485	233.37	1,133	19thin
Medium and Large 2	468	210.62	986	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	650	170.00	1,105	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.37/cwt here — about $28 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 sale29 hd

224.13

—

KY average25 barns · 3,379 hd

227.02

−2.89

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	1,260	110.00	1,386	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	106.02	1,541	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	101.18	1,268	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	97.12	1,051	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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,355	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	960	$1,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 2	—	560	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	233.81/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,150	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,262	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	249.20/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,139	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,436	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	219.03/cwt	218.00–220.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	185.54/cwt	176.00–195.00	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,075	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	960	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,386	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	106.73/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,287	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	110.03/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,667	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	89.25/cwt	88.00–91.00	886	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	102.37/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,169	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,138	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,303	1

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 Aug 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 63Year ago 102

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 77Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 19Year ago 53

No trends available on all cattle due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	197.50	197.50
4	—	504	210.00	210.00
2	—	435	210.00	210.00
2	—	383	218.00–220.00	219.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	492	225.00–236.00	233.81
2	—	633	210.00	210.00
1	—	360	230.00	230.00
6	—	446	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	205.00	205.00
1	—	310	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	246.00	246.00
3	—	448	262.00	262.00
2	—	338	252.50	252.50
2	—	530	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	509	248.00	248.00
5	—	457	249.00–250.00	249.20
6	—	591	243.00	243.00
2	—	393	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	172.50	172.50
1	—	695	167.50	167.50
1	—	860	155.00	155.00
2	—	533	176.00–195.00	185.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,355	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,206	104.00–109.00	106.73
1	—	1,440	79.00	79.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	109.00–111.00	110.03
1	—	1,330	98.00	98.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	88.00–91.00	89.25
3	—	1,142	101.00–104.00	102.37

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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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle