Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends on the feeder market due to limited comparisons, however the slaughter cows appeared 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a limited supply and average demand. No test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.19/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −170.27 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$232.19

17 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$27.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.52

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	577	235.47	1,360	15thin
Medium and Large 2	533	207.63	1,107	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.84/cwt here — about $253 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

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $354.24, median $402.47 across 9 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 sale17 hd

232.19

—

KY average26 barns · 619 hd

243.71

−11.52

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

−170.27

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,366	133.92	1,829	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	133.44	1,687	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	126.00	1,260	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	135.84/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,716	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	121.44/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,542	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	133.92/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,829	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,299	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	238.64/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,224	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	218.99/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	207.63/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,107	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	224.83/cwt	224.00–229.00	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,390	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,161	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,261	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	241.24/cwt	240.00–242.50	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,269	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,123	6

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 Aug 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 153Year ago 79

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 61Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,263	131.00–141.00	135.84
2	—	1,270	120.00–123.00	121.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,366	129.00–138.00	133.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	126.00	126.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	518	245.00	245.00
11	550–600	599	232.00	232.00
2	600–650	633	218.00–220.00	218.99
1	750–800	770	192.00	192.00
1	950–1000	960	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	240.00–242.50	241.24
6	400–450	413	224.00–229.00	224.83
2	500–550	533	202.50–213.00	207.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	690	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	212.50	212.50
1	400–450	430	245.00	245.00
5	650–700	655	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	267.50	267.50
1	400–450	400	262.50	262.50
15	500–550	513	220.00–240.00	238.64
7	550–600	593	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	501	242.50	242.50
4	550–600	563	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	636	229.00	229.00

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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