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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 25

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Feb 11Feb 25Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

48 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 20▼ 134 vs year ago 182 · −73.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 56▲ 4 vs year ago 33 · +12.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week for weather, however the feeder market appeared stronger and with good demand. The slaughter market appeared steady and with good demand.

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 $285.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −91.88 against this barn's trailing median of $377.50.

Average price

$285.63

4 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$14.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

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	571	289.17	1,652	3thin
Medium and Large 2	530	275.00	1,458	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd

285.63

—

KY average16 barns · 235 hd

278.50

+7.13

This barn, trailing median11 sales

377.50

−91.88

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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $447.94, low $335.35, median $377.50 across 11 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	1,638	146.69	2,402	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	139.51	2,041	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,130	120.22	1,358	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	104.43	1,061	28

Every lot

28 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	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	649	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	780	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	270	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	992	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	309.92/cwt	300.00–320.00	970	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	958	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	362	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,249	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,346	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,411	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,016	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,577	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,687	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	251.18/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,580	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,646	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,828	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,512	142.59/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,156	3
Bulls	—	—	2,015	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,204	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	917	81.41/cwt	72.00–88.00	747	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,002	98.04/cwt	90.00–106.00	982	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	112.74/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,175	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	131.62/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,454	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	120.22/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,358	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	2,041	2

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 20Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 56Year ago 33

No trends due to market being closed last week for weather, however the feeder market appeared stronger and with good demand. The slaughter market appeared steady and with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,015	159.00	159.00
3	—	1,512	139.00–145.00	142.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,042	108.00–120.00	112.74
2	—	1,105	129.00–134.00	131.62
12	—	1,002	90.00–106.00	98.04
3	—	917	72.00–88.00	81.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	118.00–123.00	120.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	139.00–140.00	139.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
7	400–450	444	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	530	297.50	297.50
2	550–600	592	285.00	285.00
5	600–650	629	245.00–260.00	251.18
1	650–700	665	247.50	247.50
1	950–1000	975	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	530	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	342	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	313	300.00–320.00	309.92
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	485	277.50	277.50
2	500–550	548	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	367.50	367.50
6	350–400	362	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00

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.