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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low receipts. Demand was very good on feeder cattle and not as strong on the slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $241.79/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$241.79

40 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$35

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

$104.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.39

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	247.11	1,173	36
Medium and Large 2	532	210.83	1,121	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	845	143.00	1,208	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.11/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale40 hd

241.79

—

KY average18 barns · 1,756 hd

214.40

+27.39

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	1,442	106.01	1,529	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,195	99.03	1,183	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,528	96.00	1,466	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	64.31	642	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2	—	345	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	223.72/cwt	221.00–232.50	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,214	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	241.56/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,266	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	919	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,159	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	173.75/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,053	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	228.07/cwt	222.00–234.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	86.93/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,048	2
Bulls	—	—	1,318	100.51/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,325	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,977	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	922	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	52.96/cwt	50.00–56.00	513	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,148	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	107.33/cwt	101.50–117.00	1,256	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,520	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,409	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 Sep 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 79Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 58

No trend due to low receipts. Demand was very good on feeder cattle and not as strong on the slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	257.50	257.50
4	—	529	221.00–232.50	223.72
2	—	480	224.00	224.00
8	—	437	241.00	241.00
2	—	353	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	202.50	202.50
1	—	535	200.00	200.00
1	—	280	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	255.00	255.00
1	—	345	245.00	245.00
2	—	565	255.00	255.00
4	—	549	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	170.00–177.50	173.75
1	—	835	150.00	150.00
1	—	955	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	221.00	221.00
16	—	524	234.00–246.00	241.56
6	—	357	257.50	257.50
6	—	459	252.50	252.50
1	—	290	266.00	266.00
2	—	613	222.00–234.00	228.07
3	—	322	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	197.50	197.50
1	—	405	235.00	235.00
1	—	500	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	85.00–89.00	86.93
1	—	1,275	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,170	101.50–117.00	107.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	87.00	87.00
2	—	968	50.00–56.00	52.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,565	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	94.00–106.00	100.51
1	—	1,690	117.00	117.00

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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