Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower. Today's offering did not have as many weaned and high-quality calves as last week's which led to softer demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.99/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −39.38 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$349.99

11 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$10.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.46

vs KY average

−40.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	350.99	2,015	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	340.00	1,802	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd

349.99

—

KY average26 barns · 1,402 hd

366.45

−16.46

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−40.83

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−39.38

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	1,830	185.00	3,386	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,366	154.81	2,115	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,160	135.27	1,568	6thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,700	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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	141.52/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,526	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	125.85/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,607	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,278	141.24/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,805	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,414	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,386	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,317	152.88/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	378.77/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,829	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	350.99/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,015	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	398	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	360.50/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	480.24/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	306.38/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	384.54/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	302.41/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	598	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,033	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	387.38/cwt	385.00–389.00	1,987	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,055	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,161	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,086	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,465	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	164.10/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,343	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,030	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	845	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	683	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	638	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,802	2

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 129Last week 188Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 22Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	140.00–143.00	141.52
3	—	1,277	120.00–130.00	125.85
1	—	970	151.00	151.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	140.00–142.50	141.24
1	—	1,285	110.00	110.00
6	—	1,317	150.00–157.00	152.88
9	—	1,428	160.00–171.00	164.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	185.00	185.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	465.00	465.00
3	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	560	381.00	381.00
4	600–650	620	360.00–361.00	360.50
1	700–750	730	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	598	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	695	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	315	417.50	417.50
1	350–400	370	401.00	401.00
2	400–450	408	396.00	396.00
10	450–500	483	378.00–380.00	378.77
10	550–600	574	347.50–353.00	350.99
3	600–650	632	322.00	322.00
4	650–700	690	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	375	367.50	367.50
2	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
6	450–500	470	300.00–307.50	302.41
1	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	272	470.00–490.00	480.24
2	400–450	403	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
10	500–550	513	385.00–389.00	387.38
6	550–600	554	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	603	346.00	346.00
6	650–700	686	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	798	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	375.00–395.00	384.54
3	350–400	398	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–312.50	306.38
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	683	250.00	250.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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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