Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2025-05-27

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 27
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
76 vs last sale 135 209 vs year ago 268 · 78.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
9 vs last sale 15 24 vs year ago 48 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
40 vs last sale 49 55 vs year ago 64 · 85.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No trends in the feeder market due to limited head to head comparisons, however the feeder market appeared uneven and softer in spots. There were noticeably more fat bawling calves and fuller conditioned calves in the market today and buyers discounted them accordingly. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls appeared stronger with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.30/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 67.38 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.
Average price
$333.30
5 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$63.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.21
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524346.001,8134thin
Medium and Large 2595282.501,6811thin
One grade step is worth $63.50/cwt here — about $132 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
472428383339median 400.6812/1601/1303/2406/1608/18
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 sale5 hd
333.30
KY average16 barns · 336 hd
341.51
−8.21
This barn, trailing median11 sales
400.68
−67.38
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
BullsAverage1,715181.003,1042thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,603163.952,6283thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,415159.462,2578thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,165143.501,6717thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$1,6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,285$2,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$2,2502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)475$1,4751thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,342155.03/cwt153.00–156.002,0813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,459162.12/cwt160.00–165.002,3655
CowsLean 85-90%1,352157.27/cwt153.00–160.002,1263
CowsLean 85-90%970119.83/cwt117.00–123.001,1622
Bulls1,445174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,5141
Bulls1,985188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,7321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725236.29/cwt232.50–240.001,7134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476325.44/cwt322.50–327.501,5497
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800765242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8551
BullsMedium and Large 1-21100–11501,100183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,0131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4892
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-24751,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1911
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750736251.36/cwt251.00–252.501,8504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675242.54/cwt240.00–245.001,6372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full450–500455277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2631
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3261
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450400345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7301
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295330.00/cwt330.00–330.009741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550524346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,8134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1201,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650612309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650615280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7222
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850825215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450429357.58/cwt352.50–373.001,5344
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,603163.95/cwt159.00–169.002,6283
CowsLean 85-90%1,078146.51/cwt146.00–147.001,5792
BullsMedium 1-2650–700685255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7471
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0052,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3971
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.