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 11 comparable sales and sits −168.49 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

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

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 sale17 hd

232.19

—

KY average26 barns · 619 hd

243.71

−11.52

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

−168.49

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	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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