Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-10.00 lower. The volatility in the futures market in recent days and fewer weaned calves in the offering today contributed to the lower prices. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $426.61/cwt on 26 head, down $0.73 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 20 comparable sales and sits −0.36 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$426.61

▼ 0.73 vs prior sale

26 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$85.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.22

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	538	435.31	2,342	22
Medium and Large 2	563	402.50	2,266	2thin
Large 1-2	595	360.00	2,142	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	350.00	2,030	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.31/cwt here — about $312 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

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 sale26 hd

426.61

—

KY average25 barns · 595 hd

438.82

−12.22

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−0.36

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	1,853	177.38	3,287	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	179.94	2,550	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	149.50	1,861	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,078	130.18	1,404	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	815	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	895	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	500–550	519	382.56/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,096	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	303	496.70/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	408.56/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	434.43/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	367.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,082	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,937	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	404.14/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	407.43/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	959	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	379.31/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	426.19/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,007	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	466.25/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	363.89/cwt	317.50–385.00	2,405	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	394.35/cwt	385.00–399.00	2,386	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,630	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	300–350	318	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	503	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,339	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,918	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	121.72/cwt	111.00–135.00	1,334	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,708	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	179.94/cwt	174.00–189.00	2,550	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,806	1
Bulls	—	—	1,853	177.38/cwt	171.00–181.00	3,287	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	815	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,065	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	895	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	432.62/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	414.74/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,162	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	492.28/cwt	475.00–502.50	2,053	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	426.42/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,222	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	575.21/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	426.66/cwt	419.00–433.00	2,402	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	462.02/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	354.41/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,276	3

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 244Last week 203Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 27Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 5Year ago 96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	495.00–500.00	496.70
2	350–400	360	405.00–410.00	407.43
7	400–450	420	405.00–420.00	408.56
4	500–550	519	375.00–390.00	382.56
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	990	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	625.00	625.00
3	250–300	275	630.00	630.00
13	300–350	349	555.00	555.00
11	350–400	396	505.00	505.00
15	450–500	471	420.00–435.00	426.19
8	500–550	505	415.00	415.00
12	550–600	567	360.00–370.00	367.11
5	600–650	606	354.00–355.00	354.41
2	650–700	653	330.00	330.00
3	800–850	813	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	655.00	655.00
3	350–400	350	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	425	535.00	535.00
4	450–500	484	465.00–470.00	466.25
4	500–550	534	446.00	446.00
4	550–600	555	417.50–440.00	434.43
7	600–650	610	395.00–411.00	404.14
4	650–700	662	370.00–382.50	379.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	515.00	515.00
2	400–450	438	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	510	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	615	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	959	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	645.00	645.00
3	250–300	265	615.00	615.00
5	300–350	308	555.00	555.00
4	350–400	356	555.00	555.00
17	400–450	417	475.00–502.50	492.28
4	450–500	473	457.00	457.00
6	500–550	521	420.00–432.50	426.42
11	550–600	563	419.00–433.00	426.66
5	600–650	605	385.00–399.00	394.35
7	650–700	661	317.50–385.00	363.89
1	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	570.00–580.00	575.21
1	300–350	300	510.00	510.00
2	350–400	380	405.00–425.00	414.74
3	400–450	430	400.00–445.00	415.00
4	450–500	473	425.00–435.00	432.62
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	455.00–465.00	462.02
2	550–600	563	402.50	402.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,220	148.00	148.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,096	111.00–135.00	121.72
1	—	990	172.50	172.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,417	174.00–189.00	179.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,853	171.00–181.00	177.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	2,000.00	2,000.00

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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