Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. No trend on slaughter cows and bulls due to low comparable receipts last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.93/cwt on 18 head, up $36.09 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +2.41 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$387.93

▲ 36.09 vs prior sale

18 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.47

vs KY average

−30.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	387.93	2,100	18thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $336.07, median $385.52 across 13 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 sale18 hd

387.93

—

KY average29 barns · 1,706 hd

411.40

−23.47

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−30.33

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

+2.41

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	—	Average	1,750	201.50	3,526	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,528	175.64	2,684	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	172.30	2,071	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	159.02	1,731	8thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$3,300	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,440	$2,650	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$2,169	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$3,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,089	$3,072	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,650	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	790	$1,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	172.30/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,071	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	182.25/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,889	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	171.23/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,551	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	153.44/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,631	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	168.06/cwt	162.00–173.00	1,887	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,206	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,552	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	423.86/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	408.75/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,097	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	371.27/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,094	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	475.52/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,192	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,356	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,169.19/head	2,050.00–2,275.00	2,169	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	2,958.13/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,805	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,285	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	300–350	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	—	—	2,010	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	4,322	1
Bulls	—	—	1,490	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,801	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,955	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	790	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,410	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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 87Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 5Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 49

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. No trend on slaughter cows and bulls due to low comparable receipts last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	169.00–177.00	172.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	180.00–185.00	182.25
3	—	1,490	168.00–173.00	171.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	149.00–157.00	153.44
5	—	1,123	162.00–173.00	168.06
1	—	965	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,010	215.00	215.00
1	—	1,490	188.00	188.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,395	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,205	2,050.00–2,275.00	2,169.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,955	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	3,700.00	3,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,958.13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	461	472.50–480.00	475.52
2	500–550	520	420.00–427.50	423.86
3	600–650	600	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	650	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
1	700–750	715	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	790	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	505.00	505.00
12	500–550	504	467.50	467.50
6	550–600	590	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	452.50	452.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	477.50	477.50
4	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
8	500–550	513	400.00–410.00	408.75
10	550–600	564	370.00–372.50	371.27
5	600–650	609	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	355.00	355.00

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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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

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