Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The small number of cattle in today's sale along with last week's did not allow a market trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.60/cwt on 10 head, down $71.06 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −110.91 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.

Average price

$326.60

▼ 71.06 vs prior sale

10 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$684

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

$119.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−70.60

vs KY average

−44.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	374.33	1,962	6thin
Medium 1-2	501	255.00	1,278	4thin

One grade step is worth $119.33/cwt here — about $684 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 $326.60, 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 sale10 hd

326.60

—

KY average24 barns · 476 hd

397.20

−70.60

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−44.40

This barn, trailing median13 sales

437.51

−110.91

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,399	145.63	2,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,310	122.00	1,598	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,982	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	301.20/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	329.91/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,390	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,949	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	324.01/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,983	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	403.25/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	321.65/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	336.49/cwt	336.00–337.50	2,154	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	425.13/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,989	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	501	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,278	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	590	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,873	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,728	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	158.45/cwt	150.00–169.00	2,183	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,598	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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 37Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 40

The small number of cattle in today's sale along with last week's did not allow a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	501	389.00	389.00
2	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	640	336.00–337.50	336.49
3	650–700	679	320.00–325.00	321.65
4	700–750	713	296.00	296.00
8	750–800	771	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	470	390.00–430.00	403.25
3	500–550	522	366.00	366.00
7	550–600	570	349.00	349.00
4	600–650	612	323.00–325.00	324.01
2	650–700	650	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	745	266.00	266.00
1	750–800	795	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	415.00–435.00	425.13
2	450–500	458	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	523	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	560	320.00–340.00	329.91
6	600–650	631	300.00–307.50	301.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,378	150.00–169.00	158.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	122.00	122.00

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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