Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All classes of feeder calves sold very similar to last week on a limited number of comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.25/cwt on 6 head, up $28.59 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −11.26 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.

Average price

$426.25

▲ 28.59 vs prior sale

6 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$55.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.08

vs KY average

+24.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	435.50	2,347	5thin
Medium 1-2	585	380.00	2,223	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.50/cwt here — about $124 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

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 sale6 hd

426.25

—

KY average22 barns · 519 hd

427.33

−1.08

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+24.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

437.51

−11.26

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	1,325	237.20	3,144	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	180.70	2,539	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	178.75	2,033	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	161.34	1,547	4thin

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)	1,205	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,315	$2,338	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	883	$2,276	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,271	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	266.54/cwt	263.00–270.00	2,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,943	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	375.75/cwt	375.75–375.75	2,773	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,064	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	354.38/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,442	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,052	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	452.48/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,847	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,337.64/head	2,325.00–2,350.00	2,338	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,838	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	185.97/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,764	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,788	1
Bulls	—	—	1,443	243.30/cwt	240.00–246.00	3,511	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	883	2,276.35/head	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,276	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Bulls	—	—	1,090	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,453	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	153.93/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,498	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	173.67/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,252	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,969	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 Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 158Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 17Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 5Year ago 4

All classes of feeder calves sold very similar to last week on a limited number of comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,050	187.50	187.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,486	185.00–187.00	185.97
3	—	1,297	173.00–175.00	173.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	162.50	162.50
2	—	973	150.00–157.50	153.93
1	—	790	175.00	175.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	240.00–246.00	243.30
1	—	1,090	225.00	225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	545.00	545.00
4	400–450	443	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	508	412.50	412.50
2	550–600	560	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	609	359.00	359.00
6	650–700	668	340.00	340.00
4	750–800	751	285.00	285.00
2	950–1000	960	263.00–270.00	266.54
5	1050–1100	1,064	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	643	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	760	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	446	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	486	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	508	382.50	382.50
3	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	610	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	685	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	450.00–455.00	452.48
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	608	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
5	450–500	469	460.00	460.00
4	500–550	535	442.50	442.50
1	550–600	555	407.50	407.50
7	650–700	689	351.00–359.00	354.38
4	950–1000	958	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	738	375.75	375.75
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	380.00	380.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,315	2,325.00–2,350.00	2,337.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	883	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,276.35

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle