Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to a small offering last week. With cooler temperatures in place and a good quality offering feeder buyers showed very strong demand for feeder calves today. When compared to two weeks ago all classes of feeders sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows traded similar to previous sales and slaughter bulls saw strong demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.15/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −49.35 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.

Average price

$388.15

49 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$83.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs KY average

−21.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	398.87	2,235	37
Medium and Large 2	584	361.00	2,108	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	549	356.87	1,958	6thin
Medium 1-2	565	315.00	1,780	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.87/cwt here — about $455 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.88, low $397.66, median $437.51 across 13 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 sale49 hd

388.15

—

KY average24 barns · 816 hd

395.61

−7.46

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−21.15

This barn, trailing median13 sales

437.51

−49.35

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	1,740	199.05	3,463	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	168.30	2,475	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	159.31	1,874	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	145.23	1,593	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$2,323	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,723	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,390	$2,640	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2-3	650–700	670	308.36/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	291.64/cwt	287.50–300.00	2,071	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	343.92/cwt	336.00–346.00	1,943	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	332.54/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,306	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	388.06/cwt	387.50–389.00	1,859	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	326.67/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	404.68/cwt	400.00–406.00	2,104	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	497.34/cwt	492.50–502.50	1,363	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	440.48/cwt	427.50–447.00	1,824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,945	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,390	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	387.95/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,254	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,254	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	356.78/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,299	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	652	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,236	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	381.50/cwt	377.50–382.00	1,953	18
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	488	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,671	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	157.99/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,983	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,566	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,370	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	167.35/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,854	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	156.09/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,879	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	148.01/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,628	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	171.26/cwt	165.00–184.00	2,553	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,155	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	131.90/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,393	4
Bulls	—	—	1,663	185.96/cwt	179.00–193.00	3,093	4
Bulls	—	—	1,848	219.69/cwt	209.00–231.00	4,060	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	202.73/cwt	196.00–206.00	3,588	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	473	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,703	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,088	1,722.82/head	1,675.00–1,775.00	1,723	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	990	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,978	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,161	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	2,397.92/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	2,639.93/head	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,640	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	705	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	341.46/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,834	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	312.52/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	332.44/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	345.14/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	362	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	539	369.08/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,989	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	687	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,267	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	637	308.94/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,907	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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 63Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 5Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	377.50	377.50
2	400–450	423	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	309.00	309.00
3	650–700	670	307.50–310.00	308.36
3	700–750	710	287.50–300.00	291.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	410.00	410.00
6	400–450	423	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	479	387.50–389.00	388.06
18	500–550	512	377.50–382.00	381.50
17	550–600	565	336.00–346.00	343.92
6	600–650	618	325.00–335.00	326.67
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	785	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	820	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	850	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	577	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	652	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	414	427.50–447.00	440.48
2	450–500	485	432.50	432.50
9	500–550	520	400.00–406.00	404.68
17	550–600	581	380.00–389.00	387.95
5	600–650	626	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	703	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	765	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	397.50	397.50
1	350–400	380	382.50	382.50
1	450–500	460	322.50	322.50
4	500–550	539	340.00–382.50	369.08
2	550–600	568	320.00–345.00	332.44
2	600–650	620	330.00–335.00	332.54
5	650–700	687	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	561	411.00	411.00
16	600–650	629	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	668	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	705	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	494.00	494.00
6	250–300	274	492.50–502.50	497.34
2	350–400	355	463.00	463.00
3	400–450	442	447.50	447.50
8	500–550	504	386.00	386.00
8	550–600	570	347.50–360.00	356.78
6	600–650	603	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	823	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	521.00	521.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	442.50	442.50
1	400–450	420	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	470	320.00–357.50	345.14
3	500–550	537	315.00–355.00	341.46
2	550–600	578	307.50–317.50	312.52
9	600–650	637	306.00–315.00	308.94
1	650–700	675	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	765	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	154.00–161.00	157.99
1	—	935	167.50	167.50
2	—	1,100	145.00–151.00	148.01
4	—	1,056	127.00–136.00	131.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	150.00	150.00
10	—	1,491	165.00–184.00	171.26
1	—	1,155	157.00	157.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	165.00–169.00	167.35
5	—	1,204	153.00–163.00	156.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	179.00–193.00	185.96
2	—	1,848	209.00–231.00	219.69
3	—	1,770	196.00–206.00	202.73

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,675.00–1,775.00	1,722.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,397.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,390	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,639.93

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

Steers · 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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