Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report last week. All classes of feeders saw very strong demand and sold sharply higher when compared to the sale two weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.05/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −121.32 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$268.05

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$18.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.35

vs KY average

−38.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	268.95	1,485	20
Medium and Large 2-3	520	250.00	1,300	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.95/cwt here — about $185 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 sale21 hd

268.05

—

KY average15 barns · 449 hd

267.70

+0.35

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−38.96

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−121.32

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	1,677	153.69	2,577	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,285	148.62	1,910	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	129.29	1,478	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	122.16	1,174	5thin

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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	905	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	550–600	573	262.38/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,503	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	307.34/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	408	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,261	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	251.20/cwt	248.00–252.00	2,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	236.77/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	320.48/cwt	312.00–328.00	1,397	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	240.74/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	249.33/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	278.57/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,345	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	266.10/cwt	240.00–273.00	1,394	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	273.33/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,471	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,500	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	1,547	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	149.39/cwt	148.00–151.00	2,368	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,055	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	148.62/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,910	3
Bulls	—	—	1,768	157.98/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,793	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	124.95/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,205	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	129.29/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,478	3

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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 154Last week 106Year ago 212

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 15Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 6

No report last week. All classes of feeders saw very strong demand and sold sharply higher when compared to the sale two weeks ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	320.00	320.00
9	400–450	436	312.00–328.00	320.48
3	450–500	488	314.00	314.00
12	500–550	538	273.00–274.00	273.33
8	550–600	573	262.00–263.00	262.38
9	600–650	644	246.00–251.00	249.33
1	650–700	670	253.00	253.00
9	700–750	728	238.00–246.00	240.74
5	750–800	758	230.00–242.00	236.77
2	800–850	810	217.00	217.00
1	900–950	930	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	483	267.00–285.00	278.57
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	628	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	337.00	337.00
10	550–600	577	302.00–311.00	307.34
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	715	269.00	269.00
4	750–800	764	256.00	256.00
5	800–850	845	248.00–252.00	251.20
1	850–900	875	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	413	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	362.00	362.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	408	309.00	309.00
4	450–500	484	310.00	310.00
6	500–550	524	240.00–273.00	266.10
1	550–600	585	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	392	355.00	355.00
8	450–500	457	338.50	338.50
2	500–550	513	296.00	296.00
2	550–600	573	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	660	257.00	257.00
2	700–750	710	249.00	249.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	905	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	148.00–151.00	149.39
2	—	1,768	153.00–164.00	157.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	111.00	111.00
4	—	964	120.00–133.00	124.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	146.00–154.00	148.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	127.00–133.00	129.29

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle