Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to markets being closed for the holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −128.02 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$257.50

1 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.34

vs KY average

−47.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	257.50	1,288	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $336.07, median $385.52 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 sale1 hd

257.50

—

KY average7 barns · 241 hd

263.84

−6.34

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−47.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−128.02

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	1,835	151.00	2,771	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,576	125.52	1,978	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,035	104.00	1,076	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	942	79.50	749	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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - 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	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,076	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	130.69/cwt	128.00–132.00	2,115	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,595	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,771	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,288	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	79.50/cwt	73.00–83.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,067	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	822	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 →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 80Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 27Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 58Year ago 8

No trends due to markets being closed for the holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	340	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	162.50	162.50
1	750–800	775	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	500	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	635	227.50	227.50
1	750–800	755	192.50	192.50
2	1050–1100	1,060	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	104.00	104.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	128.00–132.00	130.69
1	—	1,450	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	73.00–83.00	79.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	151.00	151.00

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	—	1,055	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,215	2,000.00	2,000.00

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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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle