Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. The smaller offering limited comparisons today across all classes of feeders. The very warm temperatures seem to be lowering demand and prices especially on the unweaned calves. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.34/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −105.63 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$321.34

18 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$69.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	339.93	1,831	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	538	320.46	1,724	10thin
Small and Medium 1-2	595	270.00	1,607	2thin

One grade step is worth $69.93/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $487.31, low $376.99, median $426.97 across 20 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 sale18 hd

321.34

—

KY average23 barns · 426 hd

324.58

−3.24

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−105.63

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	1,825	191.08	3,487	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,539	162.63	2,503	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	150.33	1,781	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	130.14	1,361	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)	1,100	$2,100	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	385.09/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,769	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	342.40/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	355.09/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	387.22/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,293	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,377	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,036	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,760	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,301	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,132	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	167.12/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,637	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,085	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	320.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	363.00/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	331.61/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,608	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	283.55/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,039	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	437.12/cwt	426.00–448.00	1,040	2
Bulls	—	—	1,865	187.62/cwt	186.00–190.00	3,499	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,455	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,938	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	159.46/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,408	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,747	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 177Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 38Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 9Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	385	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	433	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	458	325.00	325.00
10	500–550	538	320.00–325.00	320.46
2	600–650	630	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	426.00–448.00	437.12
1	300–350	305	422.00	422.00
5	400–450	447	362.50–365.00	363.00
2	450–500	460	366.00	366.00
4	500–550	514	335.00–345.00	342.40
2	550–600	588	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	653	305.00	305.00
7	700–750	719	275.00–295.00	283.55
2	800–850	810	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	380.00–390.00	385.09
7	300–350	334	385.00–390.00	387.22
2	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	528	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	578	318.00	318.00
3	600–650	625	318.00	318.00
2	650–700	688	311.00	311.00
3	750–800	767	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
11	450–500	485	327.50–332.00	331.61
2	550–600	558	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	402.00	402.00
2	400–450	448	387.50	387.50
2	450–500	493	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	529	350.00–360.00	355.09
1	550–600	580	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	715	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,345	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,175	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	115.00–120.00	117.56
1	—	845	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,065	164.00	164.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,578	163.00–173.00	167.12
1	—	1,365	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,510	159.00–160.00	159.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,865	186.00–190.00	187.62
1	—	1,745	198.00	198.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,100.00	2,100.00

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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

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