Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
27 vs last sale 57 77 vs year ago 107 · 72.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 2 vs year ago 22 · 9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
40 vs last sale 62 23 vs year ago 45 · 51.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No test on feeder steers. Feeder heifers and bull calves traded mostly steady on a light offering due to very warm temperatures. Slaughter cows sold firm and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 91.93 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.
Average price
$308.75
2 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.85
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540327.501,7691thin
Medium and Large 2-3570290.001,6531thin
One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale2 hd
308.75
KY average24 barns · 388 hd
325.60
−16.85
This barn, trailing median11 sales
400.68
−91.93
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,317160.612,1153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216148.111,80111
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,141145.521,6606thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$1,8855
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,062$1,88413
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)926$1,7634thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,145142.67/cwt142.00–143.001,6343
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163153.11/cwt150.00–156.001,7812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,297135.32/cwt129.00–140.001,7553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,400154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,275163.91/cwt162.00–166.002,0902
CowsLean 85-90%1,137148.37/cwt148.00–149.001,6873
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600570290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750725257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,8671
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28721,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750710267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500464351.28/cwt350.00–352.501,6304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550540327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750740277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0541
BullsMedium and Large 1-21150–12001,195205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0771,898.96/head1,775.00–1,975.001,89911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650645272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258163.47/cwt162.00–165.002,0562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160147.51/cwt146.00–149.001,7114
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0031,857.89/head1,850.00–1,875.001,8583
Bred CowsMedium 1-29801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred CowsMedium 1-29781,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0201,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9252

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.