Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the market closure the previous two weeks because of the winter storm. A very good quality offering saw strong demand from the buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.22/cwt on 30 head, up $32.41 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 24 comparable sales and sits +9.85 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$399.22

▲ 32.41 vs prior sale

30 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$65.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.94

vs KY average

−24.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	407.96	2,140	26
Medium and Large 2-3	569	342.48	1,948	4thin

One grade step is worth $65.48/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

399.22

—

KY average16 barns · 508 hd

391.29

+7.94

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−24.73

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

+9.85

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	1,336	203.75	2,723	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	170.00	2,057	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,071	140.77	1,508	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2	500–550	508	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	478.64/cwt	477.00–485.00	2,293	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,024	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,005	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	795	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,163	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,226	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,057	2
Bulls	—	—	1,490	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,757	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,699	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	176.77/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,941	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,368	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	125.57/cwt	117.50–132.00	1,379	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	402.05/cwt	362.50–440.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	455.66/cwt	452.50–457.50	1,855	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	323.50/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,310	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	705	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	258	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	369.26/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,153	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	516.88/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,876	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	353.65/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	1,807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	454.94/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	397.40/cwt	381.00–400.00	2,480	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	403.24/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,117	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	800–850	815	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,578	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	813	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,967	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	328.30/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	332	424.83/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	481.90/cwt	475.00–489.00	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	491.57/cwt	480.00–512.50	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	366.24/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	376.20/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	345.33/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,207	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	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

Mon Feb 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 244Last week 101Year ago 106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 10

No trends available due to the market closure the previous two weeks because of the winter storm. A very good quality offering saw strong demand from the buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	590.00	590.00
3	300–350	320	585.00	585.00
5	350–400	363	505.00–525.00	516.88
5	450–500	479	477.00–485.00	478.64
2	500–550	508	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	583	365.00–390.00	369.26
3	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	485	362.50–440.00	402.05
1	800–850	825	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	332	420.00–440.00	424.83
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	482	365.00–410.00	376.20
1	500–550	520	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	585	327.50–330.00	328.30
1	700–750	710	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	545.00	545.00
4	350–400	355	475.00–489.00	481.90
8	400–450	407	452.50–457.50	455.66
3	450–500	468	437.50	437.50
16	500–550	525	400.00–410.00	403.24
4	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
14	600–650	639	335.00–348.00	345.33
9	700–750	714	315.00–330.00	323.50
1	850–900	865	298.00	298.00
1	950–1000	950	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	432.50	432.50
10	750–800	773	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	302.50	302.50
1	800–850	815	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	482.50	482.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	705	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	627.50	627.50
4	400–450	440	480.00–512.50	491.57
1	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	523	445.00–460.00	454.94
1	550–600	555	415.00	415.00
16	600–650	624	381.00–400.00	397.40
4	650–700	654	365.00–370.00	366.24
4	750–800	772	350.00–357.50	353.65
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	800–850	813	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	170.00	170.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	174.00–180.00	176.77
1	—	855	160.00	160.00
6	—	1,098	117.50–132.00	125.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	185.00	185.00
3	—	1,285	210.00	210.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle