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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 18

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

63 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 129▼ 166 vs year ago 229 · −72.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 17▼ 22 vs year ago 27 · −81.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 21 vs year ago 26 · −80.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A low number of cattle in today's offering due to very warm temperatures did not allow for any trends.

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 $340.17/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −33.81 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.

Average price

$340.17

9 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.52

vs KY average

−19.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	351.67	1,933	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	317.17	1,739	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $194 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 sale9 hd

340.17

—

KY average26 barns · 995 hd

352.68

−12.52

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−19.63

This barn, trailing median27 sales

373.98

−33.81

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,320	201.00	4,663	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,770	160.60	2,843	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,360	143.00	1,945	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,125	129.00	1,451	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$1,675	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$2,075	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,485	$2,700	1thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,558	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	349.84/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,005	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	1
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,313	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,612	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	454	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,880	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,872	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	314.25/cwt	307.50–321.00	1,713	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,793	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,989	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,915	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	478	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,554	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	386.00/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,949	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	314.92/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,990	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1-2	695	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,967	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium 1-2	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,320	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	4,663	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,451	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,945	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,770	160.60/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,843	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,485	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	960	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	840	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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 129Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 17Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 26

A low number of cattle in today's offering due to very warm temperatures did not allow for any trends.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,320	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	159.00–162.00	160.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	129.00	129.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	695	283.00	283.00
1	800–850	830	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	407.50	407.50
5	500–550	505	380.00–387.50	386.00
2	550–600	568	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	632	300.00–325.00	314.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	423	381.00	381.00
2	500–550	513	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
5	600–650	639	310.00–312.00	311.20
4	650–700	695	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	545	307.50–321.00	314.25
1	550–600	555	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	573	342.50–357.50	349.84
1	600–650	630	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	725	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,675.00	1,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,250.00	2,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,485	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	2,075.00	2,075.00

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.