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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 18

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 49▼ 1 vs year ago 45 · −2.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 21 vs year ago 26 · −80.8%

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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 $354.24/cwt on 10 head, down $23.26 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −23.26 against this barn's trailing median of $377.50.

Average price

$354.24

▼ 23.26 vs prior sale

10 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.93

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	540	354.24	1,914	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

354.24

—

KY average26 barns · 293 hd

363.18

−8.93

This barn, trailing median11 sales

377.50

−23.26

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	1,750	162.00	2,835	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,307	151.63	1,982	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	130.00	1,333	1thin

Every lot

15 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,262	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,595	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	412.10/cwt	387.50–435.00	1,731	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,822	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,674	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,836	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	358.37/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,856	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	348.05/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,998	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	315.48/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,997	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,333	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	151.63/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,982	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,835	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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 49Year ago 45

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	382.50	382.50
3	350–400	378	422.00	422.00
2	400–450	420	387.50–435.00	412.10
2	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	574	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	660	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	422	435.00	435.00
6	500–550	518	350.00–362.50	358.37
4	550–600	574	327.50–355.00	348.05
5	600–650	633	315.00–317.50	315.48
2	750–800	770	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	145.00–158.00	151.63

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.