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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 8

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Sep 1Sep 8Sep 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 14▼ 182 vs year ago 222 · −82.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 7▼ 20 vs year ago 29 · −69.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts, however a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light test. No test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.83/cwt on 9 head, down $93.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −112.00 against this barn's trailing median of $452.83.

Average price

$340.83

▼ 93.71 vs prior sale

9 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.95

vs KY average

−49.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	347.50	1,786	7thin
Medium and Large 2	523	317.50	1,661	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd

340.83

—

KY average15 barns · 160 hd

358.79

−17.95

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−49.76

This barn, trailing median8 sales

452.83

−112.00

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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $465.49, low $329.06, median $452.83 across 8 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	1,275	152.63	1,946	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	136.25	1,459	6thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,786	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,661	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,038	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,867	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,874	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,881	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,969	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,537	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	134.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,443	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	149.94/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,856	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,133	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 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 14Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 29

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts, however a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light test. No test on slaughter bulls.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,073	130.00–140.00	134.50
1	—	1,060	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	148.00–152.00	149.94
1	—	1,350	158.00	158.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	568	330.00	330.00
6	600–650	625	301.00	301.00
1	650–700	685	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	652	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	655	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	280.00	280.00

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.