Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends in the feeder and slaughter markets due to limited comparisons.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.03/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −146.49 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$239.03

11 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$51.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.43

vs KY average

−28.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	243.68	1,298	10thin
Medium and Large 2	572	192.50	1,101	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.18/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale11 hd

239.03

—

KY average24 barns · 1,178 hd

265.45

−26.43

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−28.19

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−146.49

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%	High	1,385	143.00	1,981	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	135.00	1,958	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	740	120.00	888	1thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$1,400	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,958	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,981	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	875	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	268.76/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	211.39/cwt	202.50–220.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	714.09/head	575.00–830.00	714	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,401	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	245.20/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	261.86/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	232.76/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	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 Jun 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 65Last week 128Year ago 118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 29Year ago 54

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends in the feeder and slaughter markets due to limited comparisons.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	143.00	143.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	120.00	120.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	575.00–830.00	714.09
1	250–300	285	850.00	850.00
1	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	520	267.50–270.00	268.76
4	550–600	579	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	668	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	975	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	237.50	237.50
7	550–600	576	220.00–240.00	232.76
1	750–800	785	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	200	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	270	675.00	675.00
1	400–450	425	252.50	252.50
9	500–550	528	244.00–247.50	245.20
1	550–600	573	230.00	230.00
8	600–650	609	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	660	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	232.50	232.50
2	450–500	458	202.50–220.00	211.39
1	550–600	572	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	569	250.00–267.50	261.86
1	650–700	685	242.50	242.50
4	700–750	731	245.50	245.50
1	750–800	750	212.50	212.50
2	800–850	828	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	1,400.00	1,400.00

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

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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