Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend in the feeder market due to a limited number of comparisons, however slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls were steady with a good supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.68/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −157.84 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$227.68

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$19.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.03

vs KY average

−36.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	229.04	1,242	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	210.00	1,239	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

227.68

—

KY average25 barns · 1,227 hd

249.71

−22.03

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−36.28

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−157.84

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	1,712	145.59	2,492	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	140.57	2,214	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	132.34	1,609	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	100.13	1,004	10

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$1,549	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,128	$1,499	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,025	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,290	$1,790	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,185	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$1,650	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	960	$1,425	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$960	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	822	$833	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	—	—	1,555	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,006	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	113.88/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,313	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	85.85/cwt	82.00–92.00	745	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	120.65/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,188	2
Bulls	—	—	1,738	148.36/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,578	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	844	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,548.69/head	1,250.00–1,750.00	1,549	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	837	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,287	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	832.90/head	800.00–925.00	833	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,790.00/head	1,790.00–1,790.00	1,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,370	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	1,498.73/head	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	907	178.35/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,197	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	123.53/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,486	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	138.94/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,702	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	140.57/cwt	138.00–142.00	2,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	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 Apr 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 162Year ago 178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 10Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 27Year ago 98

No trend in the feeder market due to a limited number of comparisons, however slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls were steady with a good supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	129.00	129.00
6	—	1,738	145.00–153.00	148.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	112.00–115.00	113.88
4	—	868	82.00–92.00	85.85
2	—	985	118.00–124.00	120.65
1	—	1,125	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	118.00–128.00	123.53
4	—	1,225	130.00–145.00	138.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	138.00–142.00	140.57

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	1,250.00–1,750.00	1,548.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,128	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,498.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	822	800.00–925.00	832.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,290	1,790.00	1,790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	1,550.00	1,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	435	227.00	227.00
8	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
5	550–600	586	227.50	227.50
1	650–700	685	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	435	192.50	192.50
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	595	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	250	312.50	312.50
1	450–500	465	257.50	257.50
6	550–600	565	242.50	242.50
1	950–1000	970	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	442	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	520	247.50	247.50
1	800–850	820	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	770	197.50	197.50
1	850–900	880	187.50	187.50
3	900–950	907	165.00–185.00	178.35

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 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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