Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to last week's sale being an annual cow sale. Good demand today for the very best calves. Today's offering contained mostly bawling calves with several plain, moderate framed calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold much like the sale two weeks ago.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.60/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −102.37 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$324.60

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$670

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

$110.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

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	541	335.66	1,817	18thin
Medium 1-2	510	225.00	1,148	2thin

One grade step is worth $110.66/cwt here — about $670 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale20 hd

324.60

—

KY average12 barns · 191 hd

325.03

−0.43

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−102.37

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	—	High	1,874	184.66	3,460	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	151.96	2,109	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,199	144.45	1,732	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	136.06	1,419	7thin

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)	1,315	$2,364	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	379.37/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,461	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	357.92/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,364	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	316.64/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	346.89/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,617	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	330.35/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	297.45/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	309.62/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	350.08/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,078	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	653	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,057	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	516	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,858	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	147.68/cwt	143.00–152.50	2,016	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,183	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,626	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,444	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	134.95/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,376	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	138.65/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,696	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,576	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	205.48/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,842	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	125.05/cwt	123.00–127.50	1,407	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	159.58/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,320	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	150.91/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,805	6
Bulls	—	—	1,937	192.79/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,734	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,001	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,363.50/head	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,364	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Bulls	—	—	1,848	175.22/cwt	170.00–181.00	3,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	329	316.29/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	243	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	863	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	283.50/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,797	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	762	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	307.32/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,043	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	328.46/cwt	322.50–332.00	1,872	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,754	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

Mon Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 185Last week 0Year ago 167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 20Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 296Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	516	360.00	360.00
8	650–700	653	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	355.00	355.00
4	300–350	308	345.00–355.00	350.08
7	350–400	385	375.00–385.00	379.37
2	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	488	345.00	345.00
6	500–550	519	320.00–332.50	330.35
6	550–600	589	316.00–320.00	316.64
3	600–650	614	305.00–312.00	309.62
2	650–700	683	295.00–300.00	297.45
2	800–850	803	225.00	225.00
3	900–950	903	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	315.00–320.00	316.29
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
3	750–800	762	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,043	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	360.00	360.00
3	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
7	350–400	381	345.00–360.00	357.92
15	450–500	466	340.00–348.00	346.89
4	500–550	530	331.00	331.00
11	550–600	570	322.50–332.00	328.46
16	600–650	634	281.00–289.00	283.50
1	650–700	655	286.00	286.00
1	700–750	700	283.00	283.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	300.00–315.00	307.32
1	500–550	500	287.50	287.50
3	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	740	256.00	256.00
1	850–900	890	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,365	143.00–152.50	147.68
2	—	1,183	135.00–140.00	137.41
10	—	1,454	155.00–170.00	159.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,223	136.00–140.00	138.65
6	—	1,196	147.50–155.00	150.91
1	—	1,235	162.00	162.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	130.00–139.00	134.95
1	—	970	162.50	162.50
2	—	1,125	123.00–127.50	125.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	200.00–210.00	205.48
3	—	1,937	190.00–195.00	192.79
7	—	1,848	170.00–181.00	175.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,315	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,363.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,900.00	2,900.00

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

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

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle