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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 7

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 80▼ 54 vs year ago 89 · −60.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 27▼ 8 vs year ago 18 · −44.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 58▼ 7 vs year ago 8 · −87.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to markets being closed for the holidays.

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 $257.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −87.43 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$257.50

1 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.34

vs KY average

−47.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	257.50	1,288	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

257.50

—

KY average7 barns · 241 hd

263.84

−6.34

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−47.74

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−87.43

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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $301.75, median $344.93 across 14 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	1,835	151.00	2,771	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,576	125.52	1,978	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,035	104.00	1,076	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	942	79.50	749	3thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$2,000	1thin

Every lot

19 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	720	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,288	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,445	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,146	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,453	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,067	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	822	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,114	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,835	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,771	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	79.50/cwt	73.00–83.00	749	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,035	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,076	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,595	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	130.69/cwt	128.00–132.00	2,115	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,741	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 →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 80Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 27Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 58Year ago 8

No trends due to markets being closed for the holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	340	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	535	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	162.50	162.50
1	750–800	775	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	500	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	635	227.50	227.50
1	750–800	755	192.50	192.50
2	1050–1100	1,060	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	128.00–132.00	130.69
1	—	1,450	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	73.00–83.00	79.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	151.00	151.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	165.00	165.00

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	—	1,215	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.