Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The small number of feeder calves in last week's offering did not allow for accurate trends but today's quality was much better and demand was much stronger for all classes of feeder calves. 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 $397.66/cwt on 17 head, down $16.16 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −39.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.

Average price

$397.66

▼ 16.16 vs prior sale

17 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$59.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.11

vs KY average

−16.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	425.01	2,287	6thin
Medium and Large 2	531	396.69	2,106	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	529	366.00	1,936	5thin

One grade step is worth $59.01/cwt here — about $350 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale17 hd

397.66

—

KY average23 barns · 462 hd

406.77

−9.11

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−16.58

This barn, trailing median13 sales

437.51

−39.85

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	1,744	215.61	3,761	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	183.15	2,752	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,090	149.01	1,625	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$2,500	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$2,263	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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%	—	1,098	132.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,450	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,861	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,184	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,804	219.76/cwt	217.00–222.00	3,964	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	326.23/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,983	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	365.61/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,245	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	403.60/cwt	401.00–407.50	2,119	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	373.51/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	425.01/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	457.81/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,465	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,418	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	368.51/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	401.53/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,125	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,431	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	366.00/cwt	346.00–380.00	1,936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	925	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,724	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	720	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,362	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	181.19/cwt	180.00–182.50	2,845	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	192.18/cwt	189.00–195.00	2,888	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	683	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,254	2
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	3
Steers	Large 2-3	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	2

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 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 105Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	130.00–135.00	132.02
2	—	1,128	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,000	151.00	151.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,570	180.00–182.50	181.19
3	—	1,503	189.00–195.00	192.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,804	217.00–222.00	219.76
1	—	1,505	199.00	199.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	340	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	418	450.00–465.00	457.81
7	450–500	484	439.00	439.00
9	500–550	525	401.00–407.50	403.60
8	600–650	614	365.00–367.50	365.61
1	700–750	720	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	473	365.00–400.00	373.51
2	500–550	513	373.00	373.00
1	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	387.50	387.50
5	550–600	569	362.50–370.00	368.51
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	383.00	383.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	386	492.50	492.50
1	400–450	410	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	453	407.50	407.50
2	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
4	600–650	608	322.50–330.00	326.23
1	850–900	850	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
3	400–450	430	465.00	465.00
1	450–500	450	465.00	465.00
6	500–550	538	422.50–427.50	425.01
10	600–650	628	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	713	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	788	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	632	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	346.00–380.00	366.00
1	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	723	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	400.00–402.50	401.53
1	550–600	590	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	720	328.00	328.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	683	330.00	330.00
3	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	685	250.00	250.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	223.00	223.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	200.00	200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	2,350.00	2,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	2,175.00	2,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	2,500.00	2,500.00

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

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