Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers traded sharply higher. Demand for feeder calves remained very good especially on the lightweight calves which continue to rebound with cooler temperatures in the area. Slaughter cows sold steady and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −93.97 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$333.00

19 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$24.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.29

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	547	339.43	1,855	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	523	315.00	1,647	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $208 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

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 sale19 hd

333.00

—

KY average23 barns · 441 hd

341.29

−8.29

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−93.97

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	1,802	179.89	3,242	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,214	158.89	1,929	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,692	152.69	2,583	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,260	134.00	1,688	1thin

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)	1,345	$3,106	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,400	$2,187	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2	650–700	690	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	362.21/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	295.95/cwt	293.00–297.50	2,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	311.88/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,955	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,837	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	277.01/cwt	275.00–277.50	2,144	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	835	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	131.44/cwt	127.50–136.00	1,630	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	186.28/cwt	175.00–197.50	2,073	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,688	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,608	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	147.53/cwt	147.00–148.00	2,564	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,780	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	389.38/cwt	381.00–401.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,496	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	3,106.32/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,106	2
Bulls	—	—	1,802	179.89/cwt	178.00–181.00	3,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,647	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	321.33/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	322.42/cwt	303.00–330.00	1,396	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,187.10/head	2,075.00–2,300.00	2,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	296.05/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,590	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	297.99/cwt	265.00–315.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	553	328.76/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	616	283.73/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,748	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	338.05/cwt	332.50–339.00	1,880	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	333.77/cwt	332.50–335.00	2,223	4

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 143Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 9Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	325	462.50	462.50
4	350–400	359	437.00	437.00
4	400–450	403	430.00	430.00
7	450–500	462	381.00–401.00	389.38
5	500–550	510	351.00	351.00
9	550–600	567	333.00	333.00
10	600–650	627	308.00–318.00	311.88
2	650–700	690	297.50	297.50
2	700–750	710	293.00	293.00
5	750–800	774	275.00–277.50	277.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	485	300.00–340.00	321.33
5	500–550	523	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	616	275.00–285.00	283.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	368	393.00	393.00
6	400–450	418	397.00	397.00
6	450–500	467	371.00	371.00
8	500–550	510	349.00	349.00
7	550–600	556	332.50–339.00	338.05
2	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	433	303.00–330.00	322.42
3	450–500	485	265.00–315.00	297.99
8	500–550	508	313.00	313.00
8	550–600	585	270.00–310.00	296.05
1	600–650	620	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	399.00	399.00
1	400–450	445	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	527	355.00–366.00	362.21
4	650–700	666	332.50–335.00	333.77
3	750–800	770	293.00–297.50	295.95
2	950–1000	953	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	427.50	427.50
4	450–500	458	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	327.50–330.00	328.76
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,345	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,106.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,400	2,075.00–2,300.00	2,187.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	127.50–136.00	131.44
2	—	1,113	175.00–197.50	186.28
1	—	1,365	159.00	159.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	134.00	134.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	163.00	163.00
2	—	1,738	147.00–148.00	147.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,802	178.00–181.00	179.89

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

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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Replacement Cattle

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