Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2025-07-15

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
29 vs last sale 86 20 vs year ago 37 · +54.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
14 vs last sale 34 10 vs year ago 10 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
6 vs last sale 56 58 vs year ago 4 · +1,450.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends in the feeder market due to limited head to head comparisons, however the feeder market appeared steady and with good demand. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 6.00 lower with moderate demand and a lite test and no comparisons on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $307.74/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 92.94 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.
Average price
$307.74
11 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558315.001,7586thin
Medium and Large 2530299.021,5855thin
One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about $172 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 sale11 hd
307.74
KY average25 barns · 564 hd
324.90
−17.17
This barn, trailing median11 sales
400.68
−92.94
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
BullsAverage1,868197.503,6882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,436159.382,2896thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,217153.441,8675thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080138.401,4958thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,9751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,340$2,8751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$2,6751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,255$2,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,38228
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$2,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,229$2,09219
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,154$1,9106
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)815$1,9751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,6001thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,470190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,436159.38/cwt154.00–164.002,2896
CowsLean 85-90%1,080138.40/cwt130.00–146.001,4958
Bulls2,265205.00/cwt205.00–205.004,6431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217153.44/cwt151.00–155.001,8675
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750725175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1702,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450442350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550528325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7163
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2602,127.96/head2,000.00–2,600.002,12816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515327.43/cwt325.00–332.501,6863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0651,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0652,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650633277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7572
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500463310.27/cwt300.00–320.001,4372
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28151,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2552,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1991,951.58/head1,850.00–2,100.001,9525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800792268.35/cwt265.00–270.002,1253
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550514306.28/cwt295.00–310.001,5744
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1752,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3402,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29301,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1001,921.59/head1,875.00–1,975.001,9222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2492,417.53/head2,075.00–2,825.002,41826
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550541277.45/cwt275.00–285.001,5014
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650604305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600588305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7933
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500460290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400388375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850840212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6571
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3541

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.