Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A low number of cattle in today's offering due to very warm temperatures did not allow for any trends.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.17/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −49.21 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$340.17

9 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.52

vs KY average

−19.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	351.67	1,933	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	317.17	1,739	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $194 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 sale9 hd

340.17

—

KY average26 barns · 995 hd

352.68

−12.52

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−19.63

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−49.21

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	—	Average	2,320	201.00	4,663	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,770	160.60	2,843	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,360	143.00	1,945	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,125	129.00	1,451	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)	1,275	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$1,675	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$2,075	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,485	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	2,320	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	4,663	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,945	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	160.60/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,843	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,451	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,967	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	960	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	386.00/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	314.92/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	314.25/cwt	307.50–321.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,485	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	349.84/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,793	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	840	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	478	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,554	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	454	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,880	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 129Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 17Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 26

A low number of cattle in today's offering due to very warm temperatures did not allow for any trends.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,320	201.00	201.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	143.00	143.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	159.00–162.00	160.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	129.00	129.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	695	283.00	283.00
1	800–850	830	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	407.50	407.50
5	500–550	505	380.00–387.50	386.00
2	550–600	568	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	632	300.00–325.00	314.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	423	381.00	381.00
2	500–550	513	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
5	600–650	639	310.00–312.00	311.20
4	650–700	695	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	545	307.50–321.00	314.25
1	550–600	555	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	414.00	414.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	573	342.50–357.50	349.84
1	600–650	630	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	725	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,485	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	2,075.00	2,075.00

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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