Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: The quality of today's feeder offering varied overall and the better quality calves sold very similar to last week and the lesser quality calves sold 6.00-10.00 lower in all classes. The unweaned, soft calves with some extra flesh saw much lower demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.78/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −128.59 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$260.78

8 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.97

vs KY average

−36.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	279.00	1,442	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	235.13	1,340	2thin
Medium 1-2	565	221.00	1,249	1thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.48, low $335.67, median $389.37 across 24 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 sale8 hd

260.78

—

KY average25 barns · 1,550 hd

269.75

−8.97

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−36.22

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−128.59

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	1,725	156.00	2,691	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,391	128.39	1,786	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,162	122.54	1,423	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,045	111.75	1,168	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$3,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,656	4thin

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Cattleman's Livestock - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	200.50/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	202.29/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	815	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	265.84/cwt	256.00–271.00	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	235.91/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,474	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	260.47/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	863	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	241.73/cwt	241.00–244.00	1,424	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	277.42/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,070	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,883	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	897	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,146	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,525	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,691	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	128.39/cwt	126.00–131.00	1,786	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	135.56/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,518	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	109.52/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,318	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	2,698.81/head	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,699	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,180	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	265.94/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	221.33/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,620	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	235.13/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,564	7

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 →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 140Year ago 116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 35Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	322.00	322.00
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	413	282.00	282.00
4	450–500	459	277.00	277.00
5	500–550	517	279.00	279.00
7	600–650	604	259.00	259.00
5	650–700	682	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	570	225.00–246.00	235.13
6	600–650	625	224.00–239.00	235.91
2	700–750	720	195.00–210.00	202.29
2	750–800	763	200.00–201.00	200.50
1	850–900	870	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	553	294.00	294.00
3	600–650	625	256.00–271.00	265.84
2	650–700	675	256.00–265.00	260.47
2	700–750	713	247.00	247.00
1	750–800	765	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	803	238.00	238.00
1	850–900	865	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	368	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	437	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	472	303.00	303.00
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	585	260.00–269.00	265.94
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	732	214.00–230.00	221.33
1	750–800	780	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	460	270.00–285.00	277.42
4	550–600	589	241.00–244.00	241.73
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00
2	850–900	863	187.00	187.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,023	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,210	126.00	126.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,391	126.00–131.00	128.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	135.00–136.00	135.56
2	—	1,203	108.00–111.00	109.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	156.00	156.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,698.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	3,375.00	3,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	3,125.00	3,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	2,100.00	2,100.00

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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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

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

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle