Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower on a light test. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.07/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −49.44 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$336.07

35 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2

$67.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.34

vs KY average

−53.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	342.50	1,730	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	340.69	1,904	29
Medium and Large 2-3	548	325.00	1,781	3thin
Medium 1-2	525	290.00	1,523	1thin
Large 2	560	275.00	1,540	1thin

One grade step is worth $67.50/cwt here — about $190 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

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 sale35 hd

336.07

—

KY average26 barns · 1,335 hd

351.41

−15.34

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−53.84

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−49.44

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	149.08	2,464	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	142.44	1,792	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	943	105.97	1,000	3thin

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)	1,325	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	920	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,862	9
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	815	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,119	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	306.64/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,217	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	548	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	324.47/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,927	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	374.97/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,988	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,037	10
Bulls	Large 2	250–300	270	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	891	1
Bulls	Large 2	500–550	540	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,407	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	417.46/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,565	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	319.68/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	920	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	145.87/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,850	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,735	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	149.08/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,464	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,218	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	100.96/cwt	100.00–102.00	899	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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 140Last week 102Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 17Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	415.00	415.00
9	450–500	462	403.00	403.00
9	500–550	513	387.50	387.50
10	550–600	594	343.00	343.00
2	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	723	305.00–310.00	306.64
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	815	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	540	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	470	310.00–330.00	319.68
2	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	700	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	860	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	315.00–335.00	324.47
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	548	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	400.00–427.50	417.46
4	450–500	471	372.50–382.50	374.97
13	500–550	517	360.00	360.00
16	550–600	593	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	490	402.50	402.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,500.00	2,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	142.00–151.00	145.87
2	—	1,248	139.00	139.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	148.00–150.00	149.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	116.00	116.00
2	—	890	100.00–102.00	100.96

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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