Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-12-19

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
32 vs last sale 112 29 vs year ago 109 · 26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
14 vs last sale 24 19 vs year ago 29 · 65.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
46 vs last sale 66 17 vs year ago 37 · 45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher on an average quality, low number of receipts. No test on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $224.25/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$224.25
33 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$481
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.38
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521225.081,17332
Medium and Large 2-3350197.506911thin
One grade step is worth $27.58/cwt here — about $481 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 sale33 hd
224.25
KY average23 barns · 1,947 hd
201.87
+22.38
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22575.339233thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05073.667733thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,6004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,149$1,4525
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,4252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$1,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,0752thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,150$1,5501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,345$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,5502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$1,5501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,030$9301thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009134
BullsMedium and Large 1-2532231.80/cwt227.50–232.501,23314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2679190.62/cwt190.00–192.501,2944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350197.50/cwt197.50–197.506911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430211.49/cwt211.00–212.509093
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610152.50/cwt152.50–152.509301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458212.00/cwt212.00–212.009716
HeifersMedium and Large 2513188.00/cwt188.00–188.009645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2451229.64/cwt227.50–230.001,0367
SteersMedium and Large 2640215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365219.30/cwt215.00–220.008007
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1831,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030930.00/head930.00–930.009301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1101,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2401,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1491,451.57/head1,400.00–1,525.001,4525
CowsLean 85-90%1,06076.99/cwt76.00–78.008162
CowsLean 85-90%1,03067.00/cwt67.00–67.006901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22576.00/cwt76.00–76.009311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22562.00/cwt62.00–62.007601

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.