Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2026-07-27

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 27
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
1 vs last sale 106 38 vs year ago 143 · 26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
12 vs last sale 28 7 vs year ago 9 · +77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply lower on a very limited number of comparisons. The futures trading continues to be very negative and affecting all classes of feeder calves. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls due to low receipts last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $383.28/cwt on 23 head, down $2.16 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits 43.69 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.
Average price
$383.28
2.16 vs prior sale
23 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502407.242,0449thin
Medium and Large 2543382.502,0778thin
Medium and Large 2-3543348.371,8936thin
One grade step is worth $58.87/cwt here — about $152 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

20 sales
501455409363median 426.9701/0503/0904/2006/0808/03
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 sale23 hd
383.28
KY average23 barns · 322 hd
384.71
−1.43
This barn, trailing median20 sales
426.97
−43.69
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,464224.793,2916thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413186.912,6408thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,043180.001,8772thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,062144.251,5323thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350197.52/cwt191.00–200.002,6674
CowsLean 85-90%1,062144.25/cwt143.00–145.001,5323
Bulls1,464224.79/cwt224.00–225.003,2916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,045185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475176.29/cwt175.00–177.002,6004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500453455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4561
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9682
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550543382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0778
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500460420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550536350.04/cwt330.00–370.001,8765
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650610284.75/cwt270.00–300.001,7372
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600592320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750725290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550502407.24/cwt397.50–410.002,0449
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9721
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550535335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7921
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450447435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700682330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,93811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450423398.17/cwt385.00–410.001,6842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700673283.59/cwt275.00–292.501,9094
BullsLarge 1-2700–750730277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0261
HeifersLarge 1-2750–800770270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0791
SteersLarge 1-2400–450405410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6611
SteersMedium 1-2550–600575342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9691
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,005210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1112
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,085201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1812

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.