Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No test on feeder steers. Feeder heifers and bulls sold 8.00-10.00 higher with good demand on another small offering due to very weather temperatures in place. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-5.00 higher and no trend available on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.78/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −77.74 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$307.78

9 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$83.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.81

vs KY average

−39.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	508	345.00	1,753	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	582	261.25	1,521	4thin

One grade step is worth $83.75/cwt here — about $231 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

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 sale9 hd

307.78

—

KY average25 barns · 756 hd

338.59

−30.81

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−39.72

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−77.74

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	1,798	193.75	3,484	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,323	168.23	2,226	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,092	166.37	1,817	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	156.00	1,607	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)	1,143	$2,854	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,842	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,635	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,495	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,036	$2,231	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$2,183	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	945	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	158.52/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,894	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,041	170.29/cwt	164.00–183.00	1,773	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	168.23/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,226	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,607	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	198.13/cwt	196.00–200.00	3,864	2
Bulls	—	—	1,495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,766	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,082	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	377.53/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,360	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	255.00/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	598	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,525	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,753	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,494.80/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,495	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	2,779.34/head	2,575.00–2,950.00	2,779	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,849.21/head	2,375.00–3,025.00	2,849	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	356.35/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,396	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,027	2,484.49/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,484	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,032	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,105	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,841.86/head	2,600.00–3,075.00	2,842	2

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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 30Year ago 106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 4

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 22Year ago 19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	158.00–159.00	158.52
4	—	1,041	164.00–183.00	170.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	165.00–171.00	168.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	156.00	156.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,950	196.00–200.00	198.13
1	—	1,495	185.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,082	2,325.00	2,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,494.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,182	2,575.00–2,950.00	2,779.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,168	2,375.00–3,025.00	2,849.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,232	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,090	2,600.00–3,075.00	2,841.86
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,027	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,484.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,032	2,875.00	2,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	2,350.00	2,350.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	382.50	382.50
6	400–450	432	392.50	392.50
2	450–500	483	372.50–382.50	377.53
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	462	302.50	302.50
2	500–550	528	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	587	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	640	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	367.50	367.50
6	400–450	436	350.00–357.50	356.35
5	500–550	508	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	598	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	650	245.00–275.00	255.00

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

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