Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: All classes of feeder calves sold sharply higher on a limited number of comparisons. The calf quality and demand was good. No trend on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.25/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −95.27 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$290.25

20 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$33.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.58

vs KY average

−30.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.61	1,644	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	260.00	1,417	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.61/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale20 hd

290.25

—

KY average25 barns · 1,422 hd

312.83

−22.58

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−30.93

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−95.27

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	1,640	177.50	2,911	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	141.52	1,712	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	137.00	1,874	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	830	104.00	863	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	336.25/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,500	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	361.24/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	356.70/cwt	352.50–361.00	1,862	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	294.94/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	230.20/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,299	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,228	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,712	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,874	2
Bulls	—	—	1,535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,610	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	863	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 Apr 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 47Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 14Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 31Year ago 50

Compared to last Tuesday: All classes of feeder calves sold sharply higher on a limited number of comparisons. The calf quality and demand was good. No trend on slaughter cows and bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
6	450–500	454	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	522	352.50–361.00	356.70
5	550–600	586	322.50	322.50
2	600–650	635	287.50–302.50	294.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	750	237.50	237.50
1	850–900	850	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	355.00	355.00
6	400–450	446	335.00–337.50	336.25
10	500–550	535	302.50	302.50
8	550–600	591	282.50	282.50
3	650–700	660	267.50	267.50
1	700–750	745	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	312.50	312.50
1	350–400	385	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	628	220.00–240.00	230.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	360.00–362.50	361.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,200.00	2,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,535	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	141.00–142.00	141.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	137.00	137.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	104.00	104.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle