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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 119▼ 44 vs year ago 103 · −42.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and slaughter cattle due to limited supply.

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 $429.72/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +52.22 against this barn's trailing median of $377.50.

Average price

$429.72

10 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.37

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	563	429.72	2,418	10thin

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 sale10 hd

429.72

—

KY average26 barns · 587 hd

436.09

−6.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

377.50

+52.22

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	153.00	2,509	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	118.41	1,146	5thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$1,750	1thin

Every lot

26 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	350–400	Large 1-2	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,068	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,175	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	491.11/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,817	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,969	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	395.62/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,089	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	327.23/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,039	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,798	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,958	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,151	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,218	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,367	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	424.54/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,450	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,363	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	322.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,606	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,366	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	105.69/cwt	100.00–113.00	949	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,330	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,624	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,509	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1

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 Mar 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 119Year ago 103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 16Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 3

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and slaughter cattle due to limited supply.

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	315	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	373	525.00	525.00
5	400–450	439	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	472	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	541	437.50	437.50
6	550–600	577	415.00–445.00	424.54
3	600–650	620	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	710	340.00	340.00
2	800–850	808	320.00–325.00	322.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	435.00	435.00
1	800–850	830	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	642	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	475.00–500.00	491.11
4	450–500	466	422.50	422.50
7	500–550	528	392.50–400.00	395.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	623	320.00–335.00	327.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	450.00	450.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1	—	830	1,750.00	1,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,160	140.00	140.00
3	—	898	100.00–113.00	105.69

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.