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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 17

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

61 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 181▼ 172 vs year ago 233 · −73.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 33▼ 13 vs year ago 30 · −43.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The heavy rainfall throughout the area in the last 2-3 days along with a special feeder calf sale next Monday created a smaller than usual number of head in today's offering that limited comparisons in all classes of cattle. The market remained very good for feeder calves and slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −91.63 against this barn's trailing median of $433.63.

Average price

$342.00

2 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.49

vs KY average

−15.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	342.00	1,710	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

342.00

—

KY average24 barns · 1,261 hd

344.49

−2.49

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−15.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

433.63

−91.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.88, low $326.60, median $433.63 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,680	150.00	2,520	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	134.01	1,906	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,061	124.13	1,317	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,158	121.25	1,403	4thin

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	466	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,757	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,710	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,947	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,995	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,585	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,688	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,702	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,838	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	876	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	268	402.13/cwt	400.00–404.00	1,078	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	344.15/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,500	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,562	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,632	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,865	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,520	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	113.89/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,162	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,498	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,302	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,551	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,190	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,630	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,207	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,364	128.98/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,759	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	142.38/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,164	3

This sale against other markets

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 →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 61Last week 181Year ago 233

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 33Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	398.00	398.00
2	250–300	268	400.00–404.00	402.13
6	400–450	436	340.00–350.00	344.15
1	450–500	465	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	683	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	765	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	497	319.00	319.00
2	650–700	678	249.00	249.00
2	800–850	808	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	490	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	500	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	620	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	915	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	466	377.00	377.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	142.00	142.00
3	—	1,020	111.00–116.00	113.89
1	—	1,190	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,175	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,085	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,364	127.00–132.00	128.98
3	—	1,520	141.00–144.00	142.38

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.