Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trend due to limited number of receipts, however, both the feeder and slaughter markets appeared firm and with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $276.23/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −124.45 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$276.23

22 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$7.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	277.26	1,578	19thin
Medium and Large 2	515	269.71	1,389	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.55/cwt here — about $189 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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $352.76, median $400.68 across 11 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 sale22 hd

276.23

—

KY average25 barns · 527 hd

277.23

−1.00

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

−124.45

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	127.52	1,471	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,391	124.50	1,731	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	927	120.68	1,119	3thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	985	$1,350	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,365	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	260.71/cwt	257.50–267.50	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,413	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,778	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	131.52/cwt	122.00–141.00	1,286	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,655	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	817	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,204	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	129.74/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,238	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	268.92/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,783	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	291.23/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,251	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,605	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,166	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	217.51/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,257	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	269.71/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,389	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 May 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 204Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 51Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 43

Compared to last Tuesday: No trend due to limited number of receipts, however, both the feeder and slaughter markets appeared firm and with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
8	450–500	462	330.00	330.00
6	550–600	562	292.50	292.50
14	650–700	663	255.00–270.00	268.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	257.50–267.50	260.71
1	400–450	440	265.00	265.00
8	450–500	476	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	665	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	247.50	247.50
1	450–500	485	237.50	237.50
2	550–600	578	215.00–220.00	217.51
1	600–650	600	207.50	207.50
1	700–750	715	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	277.50	277.50
2	400–450	438	287.50–295.00	291.23
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50
3	500–550	515	260.00–275.00	269.71
2	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	388	322.50	322.50
5	450–500	454	317.50	317.50
8	500–550	528	290.00	290.00
11	550–600	599	268.00	268.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,546	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,235	134.00	134.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	978	122.00–141.00	131.52
1	—	825	99.00	99.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	112.00	112.00
7	—	1,165	126.00–133.00	129.74

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,365	2,550.00	2,550.00

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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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

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