Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2025-02-11

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 11
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
120 vs last sale 140 188 vs year ago 208 · 90.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
25 vs last sale 31 37 vs year ago 19 · +194.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
44 vs last sale 11 6 vs year ago 49 · +12.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 175.52 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.
Average price
$210.00
5 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
60.81
vs KY average
87.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535210.001,1245thin
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
441401362322median 385.5212/1602/1703/1705/1906/16
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 sale5 hd
210.00
KY average24 barns · 1,301 hd
270.81
−60.81
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−87.00
This barn, trailing median13 sales
385.52
−175.52
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
BullsAverage1,320147.661,9493thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,520139.652,1233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,153135.641,56426
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,025105.331,0807thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,054$1,5324thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$1,49217
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,110$1,40815

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%97494.38/cwt90.00–97.009194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,219147.83/cwt145.00–151.001,8025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217118.66/cwt116.00–120.001,4443
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,543129.98/cwt128.00–132.002,0062
CowsLean 85-90%1,035120.91/cwt120.00–122.001,2512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700650212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345205.00/cwt205.00–205.007071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0541,532.38/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1101,408.27/head1,175.00–1,650.001,40815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1741,491.77/head975.00–1,950.001,49217
Bulls1,305141.99/cwt133.00–150.001,8532
Bulls1,350159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,1471
CowsLean 85-90%1,210118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,124135.09/cwt130.00–140.001,51818

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.