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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 5

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 42▼ 32 vs year ago 76 · −42.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 16▲ 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 43▼ 10 vs year ago 26 · −38.5%

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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 $300.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −44.93 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$300.00

10 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.69

vs KY average

−50.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	310.00	1,646	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	290.00	1,682	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$36 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

300.00

—

KY average24 barns · 1,000 hd

344.69

−44.69

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−50.57

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−44.93

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	2,005	204.70	4,104	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,677	185.61	3,113	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	177.96	2,310	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	954	143.30	1,367	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
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,004	$1,604	12

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	411	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,675	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,646	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	406.48/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,675	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	453	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,597	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	379.38/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,946	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,867	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,005	204.70/cwt	204.00–205.00	4,104	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	143.30/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,367	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,035	156.15/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,616	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	184.19/cwt	181.00–186.00	2,529	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,677	185.61/cwt	183.00–188.00	3,113	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,004	1,604.29/head	1,150.00–1,800.00	1,604	12

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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 42Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 16Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 43Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	655	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	390.00–417.50	406.48
6	500–550	513	370.00–390.00	379.38
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	785	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	580	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	531	310.00	310.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	—	1,004	1,150.00–1,800.00	1,604.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,677	183.00–188.00	185.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	954	140.00–149.00	143.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	150.00–163.00	156.15
7	—	1,373	181.00–186.00	184.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,005	204.00–205.00	204.70

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.