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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 11

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 140▼ 188 vs year ago 208 · −90.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 31▲ 37 vs year ago 19 · +194.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 11▲ 6 vs year ago 49 · +12.2%

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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 $210.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −134.93 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$210.00

5 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−60.81

vs KY average

−87.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	210.00	1,124	5thin

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 sale5 hd

210.00

—

KY average24 barns · 1,301 hd

270.81

−60.81

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−87.00

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−134.93

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	1,320	147.66	1,949	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	139.65	2,123	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	135.64	1,564	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	105.33	1,080	7thin

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,054	$1,532	4thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$1,492	17
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,408	15

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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	707	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,015	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,381	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,305	141.99/cwt	133.00–150.00	1,853	2
Bulls	—	—	1,350	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,147	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	94.38/cwt	90.00–97.00	919	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	120.91/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,251	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	135.09/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,518	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,428	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	118.66/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,444	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	147.83/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,802	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,345	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	129.98/cwt	128.00–132.00	2,006	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,054	1,532.38/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,532	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	1,408.27/head	1,175.00–1,650.00	1,408	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,174	1,491.77/head	975.00–1,950.00	1,492	17

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 Feb 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 140Year ago 208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 31Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 11Year ago 49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	974	90.00–97.00	94.38
2	—	1,035	120.00–122.00	120.91
1	—	1,210	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,219	145.00–151.00	147.83
3	—	1,217	116.00–120.00	118.66
18	—	1,124	130.00–140.00	135.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,543	128.00–132.00	129.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	133.00–150.00	141.99
1	—	1,350	159.00	159.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	650	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	205.00	205.00
1	450–500	465	250.00	250.00
5	500–550	535	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,054	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,532.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	—	1,110	1,175.00–1,650.00	1,408.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	—	1,174	975.00–1,950.00	1,491.77

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.