Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.22/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −128.29 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$257.22

38 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$47.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.77

vs KY average

−47.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	259.71	1,385	36
Medium and Large 2-3	578	212.51	1,228	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.20/cwt here — about $157 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

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 sale38 hd

257.22

—

KY average25 barns · 2,467 hd

282.99

−25.77

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−47.42

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−128.29

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	—	High	1,908	169.34	3,230	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	143.00	2,331	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	125.56	1,473	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	103.76	1,055	6thin

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,108	$1,386	12
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,186	$1,363	8
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,332	$1,596	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$1,567	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	236.31/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,371	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,950	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,585	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,752	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	431	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	369	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,292	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,469	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	657	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,175	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	313.24/cwt	312.50–314.00	1,344	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,823	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	212.51/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,385	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,386.44/head	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,386	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	1,362.81/head	1,060.00–1,600.00	1,363	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	1,495.28/head	1,275.00–1,700.00	1,495	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	186.18/cwt	185.00–187.50	3,724	2
Bulls	—	—	2,075	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,884	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,581	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	115.33/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,218	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	103.02/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,061	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	89.79/cwt	88.00–92.00	853	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	118.46/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,268	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	125.78/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,507	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	138.54/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,739	3

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 165Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 50Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 50Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	342.50	342.50
3	350–400	362	330.00	330.00
29	400–450	429	312.50–314.00	313.24
11	550–600	580	235.00–240.00	236.31
21	650–700	651	250.00	250.00
3	750–800	758	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	578	210.00–215.00	212.51
3	650–700	657	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	513	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
9	550–600	588	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	620	367.50	367.50
18	650–700	661	295.00	295.00
4	750–800	765	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00
14	400–450	432	340.00	340.00
24	500–550	518	306.00	306.00
4	650–700	668	257.50	257.50
3	700–750	738	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	635	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	675	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
16	600–650	600	292.00	292.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,298	1,275.00–1,700.00	1,495.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,470	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	—	1,108	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,386.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	—	1,186	1,060.00–1,600.00	1,362.81
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	143.00	143.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,056	113.00–118.00	115.33
9	—	1,198	120.00–131.00	125.78
3	—	1,255	135.00–141.00	138.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	97.00–110.00	103.02
2	—	950	88.00–92.00	89.79
2	—	1,070	118.00–119.00	118.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	185.00–187.50	186.18
1	—	2,075	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,555	166.00	166.00

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle