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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 16

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

136 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 231▲ 32 vs year ago 104 · +30.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 36▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 9▼ 77 vs year ago 81 · −95.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last week's report did not get published due to a technical error. Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher on a very light test. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded sharply higher and those over 500 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Multiple rounds of heavy rains and storms prevented producers from getting cattle to market and created a light run today. Today's quality was plain overall but buyers showed good demand for the offering. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.00/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −50.98 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.

Average price

$323.00

18 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$37.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.73

vs KY average

−11.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	325.09	1,774	17thin
Medium 1-2	575	287.50	1,653	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.59/cwt here — about $121 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

323.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,094 hd

337.74

−14.73

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−11.11

This barn, trailing median27 sales

373.98

−50.98

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

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.71, low $330.64, median $373.98 across 27 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,334	174.03	2,322	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	173.00	2,188	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	154.81	1,665	5thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,295	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,313	2thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,885	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,602	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,978	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,012	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,907	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,099	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,259	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	405.81/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,461	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	397	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,429	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,570	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,608	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	298.29/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,372	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,761	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	312.82/cwt	303.00–323.00	1,783	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	575	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,653	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	269.14/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,943	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,095	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,414	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	369.42/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,515	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	357.30/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,726	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	326.58/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,855	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	318.68/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,957	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,974	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,334	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	153.35/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,652	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,074	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,188	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,334	174.03/cwt	164.00–179.00	2,322	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,105	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,355	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1

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 Jun 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 231Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 36Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	487.50	487.50
3	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
13	450–500	483	340.00–362.50	357.30
10	550–600	568	317.50–332.50	326.58
8	600–650	614	315.00–321.00	318.68
1	650–700	690	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	745	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	410	364.00–370.00	369.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	460	295.00–307.50	298.29
1	650–700	670	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	495	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	478.00	478.00
2	250–300	283	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	360	405.00–407.50	405.81
1	400–450	400	392.50	392.50
5	450–500	458	351.00	351.00
9	500–550	524	336.00	336.00
8	550–600	570	303.00–323.00	312.82
3	700–750	722	267.50–270.00	269.14
1	850–900	855	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	311.00	311.00
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	620	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	515	366.00	366.00
4	550–600	570	347.00	347.00
1	600–650	605	332.50	332.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,075.00	2,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,185	175.00	175.00
3	—	1,077	150.00–155.00	153.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,334	164.00–179.00	174.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	173.00	173.00

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.