Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 10.00-12.00 higher on limited comparisons. Feeder heifers traded sharply higher. A good quality offering saw strong demand across all classes of feeder calves. Slaughter cows sold steady and no test on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.82/cwt on 9 head, up $10.74 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +7.31 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.

Average price

$444.82

▲ 10.74 vs prior sale

9 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$80.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.43

vs KY average

−23.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	480.50	2,600	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	581	400.22	2,325	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.28/cwt here — about $275 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.88, low $397.66, median $437.51 across 13 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 sale9 hd

444.82

—

KY average24 barns · 958 hd

463.25

−18.43

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

−23.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

437.51

+7.31

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	1,910	215.00	4,107	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	179.22	2,618	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,117	172.83	1,930	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	150.00	1,436	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Lean 85-90%	—	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,469	1
Bulls	—	—	1,910	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	4,107	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	167.74/cwt	167.50–168.00	1,921	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,940	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	179.22/cwt	173.00–186.00	2,618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	3,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	446.63/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,148	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,417	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	467.59/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	341.25/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	400.22/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	385.24/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	343.14/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,966	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	425.84/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,142	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	579.61/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,361	1

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 Jun 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 114Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 11Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,130	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	167.50–168.00	167.74
1	—	1,060	183.00	183.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,461	173.00–186.00	179.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	215.00	215.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	532.50	532.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	525.00	525.00
4	450–500	468	465.00–475.00	467.59
2	500–550	518	475.00	475.00
2	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
5	600–650	622	425.00	425.00
7	650–700	696	381.00	381.00
5	700–750	747	366.00	366.00
1	750–800	775	345.00	345.00
4	850–900	853	340.00–345.00	341.25
3	900–950	931	327.00	327.00
1	950–1000	970	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	510.00	510.00
2	450–500	468	370.00–400.00	385.24
4	550–600	581	390.00–410.00	400.22
2	600–650	633	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	610.00	610.00
2	350–400	380	570.00–590.00	579.61
1	400–450	420	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	470	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	503	425.00–427.50	425.84
1	550–600	570	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	665	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	710	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	402.50	402.50
1	600–650	610	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	515.00	515.00
1	350–400	375	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
13	450–500	481	435.00–455.00	446.63
3	500–550	502	408.00	408.00
2	550–600	550	408.00	408.00
1	600–650	615	377.50	377.50
1	850–900	855	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	495	422.50	422.50
2	550–600	590	379.00	379.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	573	335.00–360.00	343.14

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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