Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No test on feeder steers. Feeder heifers sold 7.00-8.00 lower. Today's feeder offering lacked the quality of last week's and had very few comparisons. No trends available on slaughter cows and bulls due to the low number of cattle in last week's sale.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $325.33/cwt on 16 head, down $23.72 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −95.59 against this barn's trailing median of $420.92.

Average price

$325.33

▼ 23.72 vs prior sale

16 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$36.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.89

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	543	343.94	1,868	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	320.00	1,674	8thin
Large 1-2	525	309.00	1,622	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	595	307.50	1,830	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.44/cwt here — about $38 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $487.31, low $325.33, median $420.92 across 23 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 sale16 hd

325.33

—

KY average25 barns · 417 hd

335.21

−9.89

This barn, trailing median23 sales

420.92

−95.59

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	1,623	195.20	3,168	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,438	157.78	2,269	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	147.28	1,758	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	133.17	1,483	3thin

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	$2,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$1,938	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	Large 1-2	500–550	525	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,622	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,145	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,527	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,312	1
Bulls	—	—	1,938	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,876	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	157.35/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,893	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	865	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	895	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	330.04/cwt	327.50–334.00	2,063	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	311.20/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,926	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	343.94/cwt	331.00–347.00	1,868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	422.75/cwt	422.50–423.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,055	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	637	295.68/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,883	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,004	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	359.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	995	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,060	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	895	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,835	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,188	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,518	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	156.64/cwt	155.00–157.50	2,094	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,958	1
Bulls	—	—	1,308	190.41/cwt	190.00–191.00	2,491	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	145.05/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,717	4

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 74Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	484	350.00–365.00	359.24
5	500–550	543	331.00–347.00	343.94
9	600–650	619	302.00–316.00	311.20
2	700–750	703	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	750	280.00	280.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	595	307.50	307.50
6	600–650	637	295.00–296.00	295.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	495	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	608	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	703	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	795	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	820	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	422.50–423.00	422.75
5	550–600	587	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	625	327.50–334.00	330.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,337	155.00–157.50	156.64
1	—	1,750	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,135	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,220	107.50	107.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	155.00–162.50	157.35
1	—	1,205	126.00	126.00
4	—	1,184	143.00–146.00	145.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,938	200.00	200.00
2	—	1,308	190.00–191.00	190.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,875.00	1,875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,450.00	2,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	205.00	205.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	234.00	234.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle