Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −159.27 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$226.25

4 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,248

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$51.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.68

vs KY average

−44.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	239.17	1,300	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	187.50	1,078	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.67/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $336.07, median $385.52 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

226.25

—

KY average25 barns · 1,406 hd

254.93

−28.68

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−44.34

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−159.27

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	—	Average	1,575	147.00	2,315	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	135.94	2,093	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	850	122.02	1,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,025	122.00	1,251	4thin

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,632	19

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	345	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	925	48
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	420	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,130	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	273.41/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,455	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	205.03/cwt	202.50–207.50	1,411	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	130.43/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,500	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	135.94/cwt	135.00–137.00	2,093	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,101	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	990	2
Bulls	—	—	1,575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,315	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	900	113.57/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,009	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,631.54/head	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,632	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	247.80/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,048	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	548	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 211Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 40Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 41Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	300–350	345	268.00	268.00
40	400–450	420	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	350	302.50	302.50
5	450–500	456	292.50	292.50
8	500–550	532	262.50–275.00	273.41
2	600–650	648	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	750	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	262.50	262.50
2	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	388	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	423	245.00–250.00	247.80
2	500–550	533	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	565	242.50	242.50
2	650–700	688	202.50–207.50	205.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	197.50	197.50
1	450–500	465	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	575	187.50	187.50
3	650–700	650	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	563	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	126.00–134.00	130.43
2	—	900	111.00–116.00	113.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	135.00–137.00	135.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	109.00	109.00
2	—	770	127.00–130.00	128.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	147.00	147.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	—	1,075	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,631.54

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle