Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 4.00-6.00 higher on limited comparisons. Feeder heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. The quality of today's feeder offering was good and the demand remained very strong. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls were 4.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.52/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −106.85 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$282.52

9 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$30.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.60

vs KY average

−32.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	285.96	1,590	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	255.00	1,339	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.96/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd

282.52

—

KY average25 barns · 1,499 hd

290.12

−7.60

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−32.44

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−106.85

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	1,832	161.05	2,950	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,432	130.01	1,862	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,150	127.93	1,471	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	980	120.96	1,186	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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$1,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,550	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	750–800	753	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	603	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	376.80/cwt	365.00–390.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,893	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	332.78/cwt	325.00–340.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	355.54/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,479	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	350.96/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	284.96/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	279.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	252.58/cwt	243.00–257.50	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	363.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	284.92/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,675	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	393	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,317	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	130.86/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,555	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	118.06/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,283	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	129.87/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,257	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	872	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	117.48/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,257	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	130.01/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,862	6
Bulls	—	—	1,680	151.65/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,548	2
Bulls	—	—	1,933	167.31/cwt	166.00–169.00	3,234	3
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	810	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,020	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	955	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	332.83/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,611	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	360.80/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,252	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	246.25/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	252.66/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	356.16/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,332	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	252.86/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	312.30/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,502	22

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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 303Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 52Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 96Year 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
2	200–250	223	365.00–390.00	376.80
6	300–350	316	340.00–365.00	350.96
10	350–400	374	345.00–370.00	356.16
13	400–450	416	355.00–356.00	355.54
22	450–500	481	305.00–319.00	312.30
3	500–550	538	296.00	296.00
5	550–600	567	275.00–285.00	279.94
7	600–650	630	252.00–253.00	252.86
3	650–700	659	243.00–257.50	252.58
2	750–800	753	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	860	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	325.00–340.00	332.78
4	400–450	431	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	495	245.00–247.50	246.25
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	603	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	725	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	731	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	380.00	380.00
5	300–350	347	358.00–365.00	360.80
3	350–400	375	360.00–370.00	363.11
3	400–450	447	350.00	350.00
10	450–500	484	328.00–338.00	332.83
1	500–550	545	316.00	316.00
11	550–600	588	281.00–294.00	284.92
1	650–700	650	274.00	274.00
3	700–750	712	250.00–254.00	252.66
2	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	920	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	430	312.50	312.50
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
4	550–600	568	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	615	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	659	280.00–287.50	284.96
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00
1	800–850	820	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	895	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	140.00	140.00
6	—	1,188	125.00–137.00	130.86
3	—	1,087	111.00–121.00	118.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	140.00	140.00
2	—	968	127.00–132.00	129.87
1	—	890	98.00	98.00
4	—	1,070	117.00–119.00	117.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,432	125.00–137.00	130.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	147.00–155.00	151.65
3	—	1,933	166.00–169.00	167.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,900.00	1,900.00

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

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