Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed for last weeks 4th of July holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.22/cwt on 9 head, down $64.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −23.29 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$362.22

▼ 64.58 vs prior sale

9 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.47

vs KY average

−53.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	575	380.00	2,185	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	547	360.00	1,967	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale9 hd

362.22

—

KY average14 barns · 381 hd

412.69

−50.47

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−53.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−23.29

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	1,490	197.00	2,935	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	173.50	2,147	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	140.95	1,464	3thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,460	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,050	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$2,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,355	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,534	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	3,364	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,381	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	158.43/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,608	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	541	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,042	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,412	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	430	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,010	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	2

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 Jul 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 39Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 7Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 56

No trend due to being closed for last weeks 4th of July holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,625	207.00	207.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,345	177.00	177.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	157.00–160.00	158.43
1	—	1,085	106.00	106.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	560	412.50	412.50
1	650–700	650	371.00	371.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	467.50	467.50
1	550–600	570	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	487.50	487.50
2	450–500	480	467.50	467.50
3	550–600	597	406.00	406.00
2	700–750	722	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	432	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	541	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	435.00	435.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,460	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	2,525.00	2,525.00

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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