Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and slaughter cows and bulls due to low comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $432.86/cwt on 7 head, down $15.08 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +32.18 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$432.86

▼ 15.08 vs prior sale

7 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$73.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	443.33	2,350	6thin
Medium and Large 2	595	370.00	2,202	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.33/cwt here — about $148 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $352.76, median $400.68 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

432.86

—

KY average25 barns · 451 hd

443.07

−10.21

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

+32.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,275	190.00	2,423	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	4
Bulls	—	—	1,275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,423	1

How this sale compares

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 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 57Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 21Year ago 31

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and slaughter cows and bulls due to low comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	547.50	547.50
3	350–400	373	522.50	522.50
2	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	523	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	565	435.00	435.00
3	650–700	665	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	748	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	458	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	530	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	578	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	557.50	557.50
2	550–600	593	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	190.00	190.00

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.

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