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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 1

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Aug 25Sep 1Sep 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 68▼ 161 vs year ago 175 · −92.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 3▼ 34 vs year ago 41 · −82.9%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb bulls averaged $292.50/cwt on 2 head, down $63.36 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −28.82 against this barn's trailing median of $321.32.

Average price

$292.50

▼ 63.36 vs prior sale

2 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.85

vs KY average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	613	292.50	1,793	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

292.50

—

KY average25 barns · 226 hd

308.35

−15.85

This barn, trailing median6 sales

321.32

−28.82

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 600–700 lb

6 sales

Bulls 600–700 lb: high $368.66, low $287.26, median $321.32 across 6 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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	146.68	1,735	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,630	141.00	2,298	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,245	112.78	1,404	2thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,981	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,676	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,573	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	322.59/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,542	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,793	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	146.68/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,735	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	112.78/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,404	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,987	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,755	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,633	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 Sep 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 68Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	111.00–115.00	112.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,505	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	141.00–153.00	146.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	655	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	568	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	367.50	367.50
3	450–500	478	317.50–327.50	322.59
2	600–650	613	292.50	292.50

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.