Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-8.00 lower on a light test. The demand for all classes of feeders continues to be softer due to the downward trending futures market over the last couple of weeks and the very warm temperatures in place. Slaughter cows sold steady and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $385.43/cwt on 11 head, down $35.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 20 comparable sales and sits −41.54 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$385.43

▼ 35.48 vs prior sale

11 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,133

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$40.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.29

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	551	398.06	2,193	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	369.19	1,920	2thin
Medium and Large 2	595	357.50	2,127	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.56/cwt here — about $66 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 sale11 hd

385.43

—

KY average26 barns · 393 hd

402.73

−17.29

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−41.54

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	1,770	230.00	4,071	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	183.38	2,564	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	175.93	2,028	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,100	157.24	1,730	5thin

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)	1,208	$3,214	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,197	$3,169	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,505	$2,825	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$2,400	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,640	$6,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,162	$5,602	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,306	$4,768	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$4,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,461	$3,915	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,360	$2,600	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$4,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1-2	600–650	625	339.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,122	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	415.35/cwt	411.00–420.00	2,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	377.57/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,145	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	3,762.85/head	3,750.00–3,775.00	3,763	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	473.30/cwt	472.50–475.00	2,045	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	3,320.50/head	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,321	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	4,303.53/head	3,650.00–5,000.00	4,304	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	5,602.44/head	5,400.00–5,900.00	5,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,221	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	890	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,116	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	184.48/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,057	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,746	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	154.40/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,694	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,803	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	186.36/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,587	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	170.23/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	653	294.06/cwt	270.00–306.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,930	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	369.19/cwt	366.00–372.50	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	403.44/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	355.44/cwt	351.00–360.00	2,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	404.26/cwt	391.00–420.00	2,159	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,332	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,360	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	363.17/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	393	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,015	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	4,767.86/head	4,450.00–5,500.00	4,768	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,640	6,750.00/head	6,750.00–6,750.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	3,253.33/head	2,700.00–3,900.00	3,253	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	4,071	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	174.42/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,491	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	955	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	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 Jul 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 184Year ago 127

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 29Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 13Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	530.00	530.00
6	450–500	452	427.00	427.00
3	550–600	568	375.00–382.50	377.57
9	600–650	625	335.00–340.00	339.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	400.00–405.00	403.44
4	500–550	521	355.00–367.50	363.17
3	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	585.00	585.00
1	300–350	300	580.00	580.00
3	350–400	390	542.50	542.50
6	400–450	432	472.50–475.00	473.30
1	450–500	475	422.50	422.50
4	500–550	523	411.00–420.00	415.35
3	550–600	588	375.00	375.00
5	650–700	692	331.00	331.00
3	700–750	738	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	595	357.50	357.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	520	366.00–372.50	369.19
3	650–700	653	270.00–306.00	294.06
1	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	565.00	565.00
1	450–500	470	472.50	472.50
1	500–550	500	442.50	442.50
4	550–600	559	421.00	421.00
2	650–700	673	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	412.50	412.50
6	500–550	534	391.00–420.00	404.26
2	600–650	613	351.00–360.00	355.44
2	700–750	740	331.00	331.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,610	3,750.00–3,775.00	3,762.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,415	3,650.00–5,000.00	4,303.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,162	5,400.00–5,900.00	5,602.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,306	4,450.00–5,500.00	4,767.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	2,600.00	2,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	3,750.00	3,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	4,300.00	4,300.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	4,200.00	4,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,305	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,320.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	2,825.00	2,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,350	2,700.00–3,900.00	3,253.33
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,640	6,750.00	6,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	182.00–187.00	184.48
3	—	1,178	165.00–176.00	170.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	148.00	148.00
3	—	1,097	151.00–156.00	154.40
1	—	1,030	175.00	175.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,388	180.00–195.00	186.36
4	—	1,428	166.00–179.00	174.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	230.00	230.00

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

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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

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