Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and 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 $360.00/cwt on 1 head, up $6.65 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −25.52 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$360.00

▲ 6.65 vs prior sale

1 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.50

vs KY average

−50.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	360.00	2,124	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd

360.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,581 hd

383.50

−23.50

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−50.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−25.52

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	145.00	1,762	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	425.95/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	240.00/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	349.90/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,353	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,762	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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 199Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 25Year ago 50

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves and slaughter cows and bulls due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	439	425.00–430.00	425.95
1	500–550	500	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	560	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	385.00	385.00
1	800–850	840	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	407.50	407.50
1	550–600	590	360.00	360.00
5	600–650	601	357.50	357.50
8	650–700	692	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	480	345.00–355.00	349.90
2	850–900	850	235.00–245.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	615	372.50	372.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	145.00	145.00

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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