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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 26

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← May 19May 26Jun 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

227 head

▲ 135 vs last sale 92▲ 168 vs year ago 59 · +284.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 19▼ 13 vs year ago 24 · −54.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

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 $398.52/cwt on 45 head, up $10.60 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +53.59 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$398.52

▲ 10.60 vs prior sale

45 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$69.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.23

vs KY average

−8.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	506	414.81	2,098	34
Medium and Large 2	562	362.50	2,037	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	594	345.00	2,049	9thin

One grade step is worth $69.81/cwt here — about $48 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 sale45 hd

398.52

—

KY average18 barns · 751 hd

409.75

−11.23

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−8.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

+53.59

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	1,895	200.00	3,790	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	169.33	2,311	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,150	169.00	1,944	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,537	162.17	2,492	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,685	196.27	3,307	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,820	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$2,050	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,615	$3,800	1thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,724	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	344	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,090	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,894	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	459	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,286	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,185	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,410	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,551	19
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	595	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,335	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,421	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,555	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,199	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,683	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,795	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	430	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,017	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,873	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	503	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,118	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	393.58/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,999	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,254	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,037	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	594	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,049	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	778	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,676	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,330	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,890	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,084	3
Bulls	450–500	Large 2-3	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,107	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Bulls	600–650	Large 1-2	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,135	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,294	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	277.94/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,413	5
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,685	196.27/cwt	193.00–200.00	3,307	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,895	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,790	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,944	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,066	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,535	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,628	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,495	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,317	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,562	156.22/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,440	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,615	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,820	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	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 May 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 92Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 19Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 20Year ago 9

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	465	387.50	387.50
9	550–600	594	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	510.00	510.00
2	300–350	340	495.00	495.00
7	350–400	352	510.00	510.00
7	500–550	508	390.00–395.00	393.58
1	550–600	560	402.50	402.50
2	750–800	798	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	905	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	412.50	412.50
2	550–600	562	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	430	469.00	469.00
26	500–550	503	421.00	421.00
3	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
6	750–800	778	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	459	498.00	498.00
19	550–600	551	463.00	463.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	470	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	605.00	605.00
1	400–450	430	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	475	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	524	460.00	460.00
1	600–650	605	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	682	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	730	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	607.50	607.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	540.00	540.00
3	450–500	453	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	517	407.50	407.50
2	650–700	652	327.50	327.50
1	750–800	770	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	805	285.00	285.00
5	850–900	868	270.00–280.00	277.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	670	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,615	3,800.00	3,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,820	3,200.00	3,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,495	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,385	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	154.00–160.00	156.22
1	—	1,460	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	193.00–200.00	196.27

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.