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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 25

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

280 head

▲ 217 vs last sale 63▲ 137 vs year ago 143 · +95.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 5▲ 21 vs year ago 19 · +110.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 5▼ 4 vs year ago 14 · −28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to a small offering last week. With cooler temperatures in place and a good quality offering feeder buyers showed very strong demand for feeder calves today. When compared to two weeks ago all classes of feeders sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows traded similar to previous sales and slaughter bulls saw strong demand.

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 $388.15/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −45.48 against this barn's trailing median of $433.63.

Average price

$388.15

49 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$83.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs KY average

−21.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	398.87	2,235	37
Medium and Large 2	584	361.00	2,108	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	549	356.87	1,958	6thin
Medium 1-2	565	315.00	1,780	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.87/cwt here — about $455 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 sale49 hd

388.15

—

KY average24 barns · 816 hd

395.61

−7.46

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−21.15

This barn, trailing median16 sales

433.63

−45.48

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	1,740	199.05	3,463	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	168.30	2,475	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	159.31	1,874	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	145.23	1,593	9thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$2,323	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,723	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,390	$2,640	2thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	313	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,244	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,629	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,454	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,920	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	440.48/cwt	427.50–447.00	1,824	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,484	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,098	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	404.68/cwt	400.00–406.00	2,104	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	539	369.08/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,989	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,306	11
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	332.44/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,888	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	387.95/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,254	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,108	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	332.54/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,062	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,254	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,390	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,425	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	687	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,267	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,299	3
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	705	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,921	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,447	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	362	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,367	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,692	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	423	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,512	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	388.06/cwt	387.50–389.00	1,859	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	488	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,671	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	381.50/cwt	377.50–382.00	1,953	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	343.92/cwt	336.00–346.00	1,943	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,043	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	326.67/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,019	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,916	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	652	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,236	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	308.36/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,066	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	291.64/cwt	287.50–300.00	2,071	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,453	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,457	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,161	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	497.34/cwt	492.50–502.50	1,363	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,527	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,644	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,980	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,523	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,978	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	345.14/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,622	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	473	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,703	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,945	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	537	341.46/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,834	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1-2	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1-2	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	356.78/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,034	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	312.52/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,806	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,056	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	637	308.94/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,968	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,907	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,107	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,663	185.96/cwt	179.00–193.00	3,093	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	202.73/cwt	196.00–206.00	3,588	3
Bulls	—	—	1,848	219.69/cwt	209.00–231.00	4,060	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,566	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	131.90/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,393	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	148.01/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,628	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	167.35/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,854	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,155	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,813	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	156.09/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,879	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	157.99/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,983	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,491	171.26/cwt	165.00–184.00	2,553	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,370	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,390	2,639.93/head	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,640	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	990	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,088	1,722.82/head	1,675.00–1,775.00	1,723	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,123	2,397.92/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,398	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 Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 63Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 5Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	377.50	377.50
2	400–450	423	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	309.00	309.00
3	650–700	670	307.50–310.00	308.36
3	700–750	710	287.50–300.00	291.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	410.00	410.00
6	400–450	423	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	479	387.50–389.00	388.06
18	500–550	512	377.50–382.00	381.50
17	550–600	565	336.00–346.00	343.92
6	600–650	618	325.00–335.00	326.67
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	785	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	820	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	850	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	577	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	652	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	414	427.50–447.00	440.48
2	450–500	485	432.50	432.50
9	500–550	520	400.00–406.00	404.68
17	550–600	581	380.00–389.00	387.95
5	600–650	626	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	703	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	765	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	397.50	397.50
1	350–400	380	382.50	382.50
1	450–500	460	322.50	322.50
4	500–550	539	340.00–382.50	369.08
2	550–600	568	320.00–345.00	332.44
2	600–650	620	330.00–335.00	332.54
5	650–700	687	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	561	411.00	411.00
16	600–650	629	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	668	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	705	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	494.00	494.00
6	250–300	274	492.50–502.50	497.34
2	350–400	355	463.00	463.00
3	400–450	442	447.50	447.50
8	500–550	504	386.00	386.00
8	550–600	570	347.50–360.00	356.78
6	600–650	603	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	823	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	521.00	521.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	442.50	442.50
1	400–450	420	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	470	320.00–357.50	345.14
3	500–550	537	315.00–355.00	341.46
2	550–600	578	307.50–317.50	312.52
9	600–650	637	306.00–315.00	308.94
1	650–700	675	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	154.00–161.00	157.99
1	—	935	167.50	167.50
2	—	1,100	145.00–151.00	148.01
4	—	1,056	127.00–136.00	131.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	150.00	150.00
10	—	1,491	165.00–184.00	171.26
1	—	1,155	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	165.00–169.00	167.35
5	—	1,204	153.00–163.00	156.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	179.00–193.00	185.96
2	—	1,848	209.00–231.00	219.69
3	—	1,770	196.00–206.00	202.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,675.00–1,775.00	1,722.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	2,100.00	2,100.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,397.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,390	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,639.93

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.