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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 15

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

132 head

▼ 197 vs last sale 329▼ 32 vs year ago 164 · −19.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 39▼ 30 vs year ago 43 · −69.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 5▼ 2 vs year ago 15 · −13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to the small number of steers in today's offering. Feeder heifers traded 8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $363.98/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 7 of 25 comparable sales and sits −43.37 against this barn's trailing median of $407.34.

Average price

$363.98

23 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$45.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.17

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	367.93	2,008	21
Medium and Large 2-3	543	322.50	1,750	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.43/cwt here — about $258 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 sale23 hd

363.98

—

KY average25 barns · 936 hd

356.81

+7.17

This barn, trailing median25 sales

407.34

−43.37

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

25 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $487.31, low $325.33, median $407.34 across 25 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	1,705	181.00	3,086	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,270	157.50	2,000	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,335	138.00	1,842	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,140	134.89	1,537	4thin

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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,255	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,299	$2,985	5

Every lot

45 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	424	413.31/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,752	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	488	376.12/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,835	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,085	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,221	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,150	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	700	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,163	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	257	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,182	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	368	409.91/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,508	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	415.53/cwt	407.50–418.00	1,704	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	1,791	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	370.98/cwt	366.00–375.00	1,911	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,931	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,937	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,098	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,795	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,668	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	440.68/cwt	437.50–447.50	1,917	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,848	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	349.70/cwt	336.00–362.50	1,633	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	384.39/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,995	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,746	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,750	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,007	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,112	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,705	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,086	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	131.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,448	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,210	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,863	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,265	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,822	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,330	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,141	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,842	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,301	2,856.20/head	2,500.00–3,150.00	2,856	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	955	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	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 Sep 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 329Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 39Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 5Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,330	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	144.00	144.00
3	—	1,098	130.00–135.00	131.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	181.00	181.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	257	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	355	430.00	430.00
9	400–450	410	407.50–418.00	415.53
10	450–500	472	379.50	379.50
7	500–550	515	366.00–375.00	370.98
3	550–600	550	351.00	351.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	760	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	368	400.00–415.00	409.91
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	770	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	410	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	583	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	424	400.00–420.00	413.31
4	450–500	488	370.00–382.50	376.12
2	500–550	545	382.50	382.50
2	600–650	640	336.00	336.00
1	700–750	700	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	515.00	515.00
4	350–400	370	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	435	437.50–447.50	440.68
2	450–500	465	397.50	397.50
14	500–550	519	375.00–390.00	384.39
7	550–600	599	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	658	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
6	450–500	467	336.00–362.50	349.70
1	500–550	525	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	560	312.50	312.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,301	2,500.00–3,150.00	2,856.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	3,500.00	3,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	1,850.00	1,850.00

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	1	—	1,255	2,750.00	2,750.00

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.