Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts from last week, however feeder calves looked to be steady to firm. Good quality offering of feeders in todays sale. No trend on Slaughter cows and bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.15/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −68.36 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$317.15

44 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$664

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

$126.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.38

vs KY average

−46.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	336.86	1,846	28
Medium and Large 2	576	306.47	1,765	12thin
Medium 1-2	575	215.00	1,236	1thin
Large 2-3	563	210.00	1,182	3thin

One grade step is worth $126.86/cwt here — about $664 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 sale44 hd

317.15

—

KY average24 barns · 1,472 hd

329.53

−12.38

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−46.81

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−68.36

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	1,950	160.00	3,120	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,175	158.00	1,857	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	150.00	2,580	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,175	112.50	1,322	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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	804	$1,757	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,055	$1,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,039	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	325.25/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,127	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,216	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,335	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	346.67/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,029	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	840	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,995	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,857	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,322	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,580	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,120	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	3
Bulls	Large 2	400–450	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	1
Steers	Large 2	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,861	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	1,756.61/head	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,870	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,624	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,236	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,088	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,909	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,971	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	305.92/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,780	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	494	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,011	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,366	1

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 Nov 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 100Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 28Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	494	407.00	407.00
6	500–550	548	372.00	372.00
15	550–600	591	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	520	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	654	320.00–333.00	325.25
16	700–750	732	319.00	319.00
1	750–800	765	315.00	315.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	678	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	770	287.50	287.50
1	850–900	855	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	297.50	297.50
2	500–550	523	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	451	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	521	359.00	359.00
8	550–600	583	336.00	336.00
6	650–700	664	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
2	850–900	882	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	680	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	439	345.00–350.00	346.67
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
11	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	562	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	612	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	653	285.00	285.00
5	700–750	714	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	845	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	332.50	332.50
1	500–550	510	312.50	312.50
11	550–600	582	305.00–310.00	305.92
5	750–800	765	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	615	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	840	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	583	338.00	338.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,088	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,055	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	804	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,756.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	158.00	158.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	112.50	112.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	150.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	160.00	160.00

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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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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle