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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 24

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

74 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 37▼ 206 vs year ago 280 · −73.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 33 vs year ago 40 · −82.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The small number of cattle in today's sale along with last week's did not allow a market trend.

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 $326.60/cwt on 10 head, down $71.06 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −107.03 against this barn's trailing median of $433.63.

Average price

$326.60

▼ 71.06 vs prior sale

10 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$684

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

$119.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−70.60

vs KY average

−44.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	374.33	1,962	6thin
Medium 1-2	501	255.00	1,278	4thin

One grade step is worth $119.33/cwt here — about $684 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

326.60

—

KY average24 barns · 476 hd

397.20

−70.60

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−44.40

This barn, trailing median16 sales

433.63

−107.03

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,399	145.63	2,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,310	122.00	1,598	1thin

Every lot

30 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 1-2	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,949	4
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	501	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,278	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	336.49/cwt	336.00–337.50	2,154	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	321.65/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,184	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,110	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,390	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	425.13/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,594	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,739	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	329.91/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,847	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	301.20/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,901	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	403.25/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,895	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,911	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,989	7
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	590	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,873	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	324.01/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,983	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,064	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,958	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1-2	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,982	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,829	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,598	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,378	158.45/cwt	150.00–169.00	2,183	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,728	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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 37Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 40

The small number of cattle in today's sale along with last week's did not allow a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	501	389.00	389.00
2	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	640	336.00–337.50	336.49
3	650–700	679	320.00–325.00	321.65
4	700–750	713	296.00	296.00
8	750–800	771	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	470	390.00–430.00	403.25
3	500–550	522	366.00	366.00
7	550–600	570	349.00	349.00
4	600–650	612	323.00–325.00	324.01
2	650–700	650	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	745	266.00	266.00
1	750–800	795	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	415.00–435.00	425.13
2	450–500	458	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	523	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	560	320.00–340.00	329.91
6	600–650	631	300.00–307.50	301.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,378	150.00–169.00	158.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	122.00	122.00

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.