Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Comparisons were limited due to a low number of feeder calves last week. Today's offering contained some good quality weaned calves and several plain calves but overall demand was stronger. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.72/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −41.65 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$347.72

41 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$40.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.28

vs KY average

−21.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	368.45	1,942	20
Medium and Large 2-3	560	327.98	1,838	21

One grade step is worth $40.47/cwt here — about $105 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 sale41 hd

347.72

—

KY average25 barns · 1,868 hd

363.00

−15.28

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−21.19

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−41.65

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	1,538	181.20	2,787	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	163.41	2,450	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	140.97	1,820	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,038	127.37	1,322	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,112	$1,792	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,143	$1,600	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$1,510	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	998	$1,443	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,255	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	740	$1,800	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$1,750	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,295	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$2,063	2thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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	300–350	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	370.75/cwt	360.00–376.00	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	379.81/cwt	370.00–384.00	1,743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	411.44/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	407.88/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,235	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	322.96/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	214	510.61/cwt	500.00–524.00	1,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	376.63/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,928	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,150	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	421.64/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,746	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,956	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	380.50/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	467.06/cwt	461.00–470.00	1,214	3
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	760	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	348.56/cwt	332.50–358.00	1,969	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,657	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	550.12/cwt	533.00–575.00	1,183	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	895	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	935	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,691	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	125.79/cwt	120.00–132.50	1,318	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,344	1
Bulls	—	—	1,538	181.20/cwt	175.00–188.00	2,787	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	2,229	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	132.48/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,855	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	740	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,513.38/head	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,513	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	165.89/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,530	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	143.96/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,828	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,992	1
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	485	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,988	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	998	1,442.54/head	1,425.00–1,460.00	1,443	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,120	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	915	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	364.20/cwt	359.00–371.00	1,613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	345.51/cwt	331.00–355.00	1,845	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	314.83/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	345.33/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,293	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	393	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	350.37/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,164	6

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 Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 164Year ago 132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 20Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 4Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	373	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	443	359.00–371.00	364.20
9	500–550	534	331.00–355.00	345.51
12	550–600	580	306.00–330.00	314.83
1	650–700	655	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	810	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	214	500.00–524.00	510.61
3	250–300	260	461.00–470.00	467.06
6	300–350	343	427.50	427.50
7	400–450	411	405.00–412.50	411.44
7	450–500	459	370.00–384.00	379.81
12	500–550	506	380.00–381.00	380.50
8	550–600	559	337.00–355.00	350.37
5	600–650	617	317.00	317.00
3	850–900	857	278.00	278.00
6	950–1000	964	285.00	285.00
3	1000–1050	1,008	267.00	267.00
2	1150–1200	1,150	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	288.00	288.00
3	650–700	695	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	463	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	534	360.00–376.00	370.75
1	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	410	415.00	415.00
8	500–550	548	400.00–409.00	407.88
1	550–600	550	397.50	397.50
3	650–700	664	345.00–346.00	345.33
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	426.00	426.00
5	700–750	700	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	533.00–575.00	550.12
1	250–300	265	520.00	520.00
6	300–350	331	480.00	480.00
4	350–400	351	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	414	410.00–430.00	421.64
5	450–500	454	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	512	375.00–380.00	376.63
14	550–600	565	332.50–358.00	348.56
4	600–650	626	321.00–325.00	322.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	320	425.00	425.00
2	350–400	393	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	415	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	485	337.50	337.50
1	550–600	590	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	610	282.50	282.50
1	700–750	730	281.00	281.00
1	750–800	795	272.50	272.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	740	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,513.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	998	1,425.00–1,460.00	1,442.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	1,510.00	1,510.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,295	2,600.00	2,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,400	125.00–138.00	132.48
3	—	1,270	141.00–146.00	143.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,048	120.00–132.50	125.79
1	—	960	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	157.50	157.50
9	—	1,525	160.00–170.00	165.89
1	—	1,355	147.00	147.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	175.00–188.00	181.20

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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Replacement Cattle

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