Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week for weather, however the feeder market appeared stronger and with good demand. The slaughter market appeared steady and with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $285.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −115.05 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$285.63

4 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$14.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	289.17	1,652	3thin
Medium and Large 2	530	275.00	1,458	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $352.76, median $400.68 across 11 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 sale4 hd

285.63

—

KY average16 barns · 235 hd

278.50

+7.13

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

−115.05

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	1,638	146.69	2,402	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	139.51	2,041	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,130	120.22	1,358	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	104.43	1,061	28

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	2,015	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,204	1
Bulls	—	—	1,512	142.59/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,156	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	112.74/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,175	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	131.62/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,454	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	98.04/cwt	90.00–106.00	982	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	81.41/cwt	72.00–88.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	251.18/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	362	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,249	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	309.92/cwt	300.00–320.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,687	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	120.22/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,358	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 20Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 56Year ago 33

No trends due to market being closed last week for weather, however the feeder market appeared stronger and with good demand. The slaughter market appeared steady and with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,015	159.00	159.00
3	—	1,512	139.00–145.00	142.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,042	108.00–120.00	112.74
2	—	1,105	129.00–134.00	131.62
12	—	1,002	90.00–106.00	98.04
3	—	917	72.00–88.00	81.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	118.00–123.00	120.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	139.00–140.00	139.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
7	400–450	444	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	530	297.50	297.50
2	550–600	592	285.00	285.00
5	600–650	629	245.00–260.00	251.18
1	650–700	665	247.50	247.50
1	950–1000	975	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	342	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	313	300.00–320.00	309.92
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	485	277.50	277.50
2	500–550	548	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	367.50	367.50
6	350–400	362	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00

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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