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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 16

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

139 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 222▲ 49 vs year ago 90 · +54.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 29▲ 24 vs year ago 12 · +200.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

77 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 36▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Beef calves: 550-1000 per/head

Compared to last week no comparable trend on feeder steers due to small offering today. Feeder heifers were 5.00-6.00 lower. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and slaughters bulls were steady.

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 $345.19/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −32.31 against this barn's trailing median of $377.50.

Average price

$345.19

32 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$32.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.36

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	549	347.20	1,907	30
Large 1-2	575	314.98	1,811	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.22/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale32 hd

345.19

—

KY average26 barns · 919 hd

352.55

−7.36

This barn, trailing median11 sales

377.50

−32.31

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	1,775	195.77	3,475	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	168.01	2,738	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,318	163.64	2,158	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	149.76	1,524	10

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,058	$2,510	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$2,193	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,112	$2,133	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,154	$1,992	30
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,174	$1,977	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,217	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,182	$1,957	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	959	$1,811	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	823	$1,934	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$2,700	2thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,860	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,227	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,681	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	298	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	760	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,354	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	305.27/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,447	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,880	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,632	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	296.61/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,691	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,443	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,957	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	648	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,588	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	275.63/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,902	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	790	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,699	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,250	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	341.42/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,581	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	522	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,892	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	342.42/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,835	12
Bulls	550–600	Large 1-2	575	314.98/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,811	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	338.28/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,009	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,981	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	324.57/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,168	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	674	288.13/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,942	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,172	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,775	195.77/cwt	188.00–204.00	3,475	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	138.47/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,302	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	162.20/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,719	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	152.37/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,643	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	152.77/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,861	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	163.69/cwt	159.00–166.00	2,123	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,388	169.03/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,346	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	167.01/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,702	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,653	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,810	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	959	1,811.11/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,811	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,058	2,510.04/head	2,200.00–2,675.00	2,510	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,112	2,132.51/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,133	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,154	1,991.56/head	1,325.00–2,300.00	1,992	30
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,174	2,192.81/head	1,800.00–2,450.00	2,193	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,174	1,977.16/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,977	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,182	1,957.37/head	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,957	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,217	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	1,933.89/head	1,425.00–2,350.00	1,934	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 Sep 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 222Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 29Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 77Last week 36Year ago 0

Beef calves: 550-1000 per/head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	367.50	367.50
1	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	463	340.00–350.00	341.42
12	500–550	536	335.00–355.00	342.42
9	550–600	594	337.50–345.00	338.28
1	600–650	605	327.50	327.50
11	650–700	668	315.00–330.00	324.57
5	700–750	749	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	522	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	312.50–317.50	314.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	674	287.50–290.00	288.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	255.00	255.00
2	300–350	345	392.50	392.50
9	450–500	474	300.00–308.00	305.27
4	500–550	544	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	570	290.00–300.00	296.61
2	600–650	645	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	690	275.00–277.50	275.63
1	700–750	735	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	595	242.50	242.50
3	600–650	648	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	790	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
8	600–650	602	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
3	650–700	680	327.50	327.50
2	800–850	825	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	385.00	385.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	2,700.00	2,700.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,058	2,200.00–2,675.00	2,510.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,182	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,957.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,174	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,977.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,154	1,325.00–2,300.00	1,991.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,217	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,112	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,132.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,174	1,800.00–2,450.00	2,192.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	959	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,811.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	1,425.00–2,350.00	1,933.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,388	168.00–170.00	169.03
9	—	1,297	159.00–166.00	163.69
5	—	1,218	144.00–156.00	152.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	160.00–165.00	162.20
4	—	940	133.00–143.00	138.47
3	—	1,078	150.00–155.00	152.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,618	165.00–169.00	167.01
2	—	1,653	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,775	188.00–204.00	195.77

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.