Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-10-03

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
69 vs last sale 159 84 vs year ago 174 · 48.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
15 vs last sale 40 1 vs year ago 26 · 3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trend on feeder cattle due to low receipts and lack of comparable quality and weights. Feeder buyers were still exhibiting very low demand for the calves today. Slaughter sold steady to 2.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $207.24/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$207.24
43 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.29
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2486215.791,04933
Medium and Large 2-3567179.031,01510thin
One grade step is worth $36.76/cwt here — about $33 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 sale43 hd
207.24
KY average26 barns · 3,049 hd
202.95
+4.29
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
BullsHigh1,510121.001,8271thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52293.921,4307thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24979.659958thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06574.827979thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,233$1,4532thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$1,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2394
BullsMedium and Large 1-2508209.61/cwt200.00–217.501,06511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360220.00/cwt220.00–220.007922
BullsMedium and Large 2-3523173.88/cwt170.00–177.509092
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432225.00/cwt225.00–225.009723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4732
HeifersLarge 2-3575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525179.78/cwt170.00–182.509448
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380185.00/cwt185.00–185.007031
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3825143.10/cwt135.00–147.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3460175.00/cwt175.00–175.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430169.14/cwt165.00–170.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478200.00/cwt200.00–200.009562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378215.00/cwt215.00–215.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345215.00/cwt215.00–215.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3690162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3622170.08/cwt155.00–177.501,0583
HeifersLarge 2-3652125.00/cwt125.00–125.008152
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466220.70/cwt210.00–225.001,02811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555171.25/cwt162.50–180.009502
BullsMedium and Large 2-3658180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315200.00/cwt200.00–200.006301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2331,453.19/head1,375.00–1,525.001,4532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bulls1,510121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,8271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17570.00/cwt70.00–70.008231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26384.84/cwt84.00–86.001,0725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25545.00/cwt45.00–45.005651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58496.20/cwt95.00–98.001,5244
CowsLean 85-90%95562.00/cwt62.00–62.005921
CowsLean 85-90%1,04588.00/cwt88.00–88.009201
CowsLean 85-90%810101.00/cwt101.00–101.008181
CowsLean 85-90%1,12970.40/cwt63.00–75.007956
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44090.88/cwt89.00–94.001,3093

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.