Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2025-06-10

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 66▼ 33 vs year ago 128 · −25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 7 vs year ago 14 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 49▼ 27 vs year ago 29 · −93.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market appeared stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder heifers 400-500 lbs were sharply higher with a limited supply and strong demand. Feeder steers appeared stronger as well, however there were limited head to head comparisons. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for weaned packages of calves. Slaughter cows were steady with a tight supply and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −17.79 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.
Average price
$327.14
14 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.46
vs KY average
−13.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548327.141,79114thin
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 sale14 hd
327.14
—
KY average24 barns · 1,121 hd
340.61
−13.46
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−13.78
This barn, trailing median14 sales
344.93
−17.79
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
441390339288median 344.9303/1004/0706/1610/0610/27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,635167.972,7462thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,293157.792,0405thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,470$2,8251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$2,3751thin

Every lot

29 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,09310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy308435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0971
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3942
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7593
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485351.57/cwt350.00–352.501,7058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8666
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open683288.75/cwt287.50–290.001,9722
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open773280.98/cwt280.00–282.002,1724
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open965242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,3401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2831
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1951
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372403.76/cwt400.00–405.001,5028
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469376.24/cwt365.00–380.001,7654
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531353.30/cwt350.00–355.001,8769
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9319
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235153.04/cwt148.00–156.001,8903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380164.91/cwt164.00–166.002,2762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635167.97/cwt167.00–169.002,7462
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4702,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251

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.