Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher on a limited number of comparisons due to the light offering. Slaughter cows and bulls also were low in numbers but sold sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.09/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −78.28 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$311.09

21 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$48.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.03

vs KY average

−28.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	336.35	1,779	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	549	288.12	1,582	11thin

One grade step is worth $48.23/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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

311.09

—

KY average26 barns · 1,544 hd

333.12

−22.03

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−28.79

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−78.28

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	—	High	1,945	196.00	3,812	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	165.23	2,442	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,059	161.61	1,711	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	964	138.96	1,340	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,905	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	450–500	465	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	349.58/cwt	338.00–352.50	1,681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	414	343.42/cwt	335.00–377.50	1,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,831	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,812	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	161.61/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,711	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	165.23/cwt	156.00–178.00	2,442	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	136.82/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,300	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	351.13/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,980	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	320.07/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	336.35/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,779	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	303.14/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	275.61/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,582	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,905.00/head	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	275.96/cwt	271.00–296.00	2,017	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	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 →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 138Year ago 94

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	367.50	367.50
1	400–450	410	361.00	361.00
3	450–500	465	347.50	347.50
10	500–550	529	330.00–339.00	336.35
1	600–650	640	298.00	298.00
2	700–750	715	287.50	287.50
1	750–800	765	256.00	256.00
2	800–850	843	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	463	324.00	324.00
5	500–550	519	285.00–315.00	303.14
6	550–600	574	265.00–285.00	275.61
1	600–650	600	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	755	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	335.00–377.50	343.42
5	450–500	481	338.00–352.50	349.58
1	550–600	560	302.50	302.50
2	700–750	735	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	423.00	423.00
1	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
6	500–550	507	370.00	370.00
4	550–600	564	340.00–362.50	351.13
4	600–650	636	317.00–330.00	320.07
5	700–750	731	271.00–296.00	275.96
1	800–850	800	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	530	372.50	372.50
5	550–600	587	332.00	332.00
2	600–650	605	335.00	335.00
7	750–800	766	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	825	266.00	266.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	196.00	196.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,059	156.00–167.00	161.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,478	156.00–178.00	165.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	950	135.00–138.00	136.82
1	—	1,020	147.50	147.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,905.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle