Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeders due to low comparable receipts, however a much softer undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold steady. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.75/cwt on 6 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

6 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$54.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.59

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	324.17	1,805	3thin
Medium and Large 2	512	305.00	1,562	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	270.00	1,418	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.17/cwt here — about $387 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

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 sale6 hd

308.75

—

KY average26 barns · 747 hd

348.34

−39.59

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	985	151.00	1,487	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	174.31	2,632	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	173.00	2,197	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,093	120.50	1,316	2thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	923	$1,375	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,568	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,076	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	167.04/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,030	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	175.38/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,266	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	175.16/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,657	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	314.18/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	328.73/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,795	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,866	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,086	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,164	2
Bulls	—	—	985	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,487	1
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	400–450	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	635	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 146Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 27Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 30

Compared to last week: No trend on feeders due to low comparable receipts, however a much softer undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold steady. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,065	101.00	101.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	166.00–168.00	167.04
5	—	1,292	170.00–184.00	175.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,517	170.00–179.00	175.16
1	—	1,430	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	151.00	151.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	456	325.00–330.00	328.73
3	500–550	507	312.50–315.00	314.18
6	550–600	568	316.00	316.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	800	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	356.00	356.00
1	500–550	530	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	686	272.00	272.00
2	700–750	730	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	325.00	325.00
6	450–500	461	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	512	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	618	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	292.50	292.50
1	500–550	525	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,086	227.00	227.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,925.00	1,925.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	825.00	825.00

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

Bulls · 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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