Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $458.13/cwt on 12 head, up $102.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +57.45 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$458.13

▲ 102.72 vs prior sale

12 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$55.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.01

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	510	462.73	2,360	11thin
Medium and Large 2	585	407.50	2,384	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.23/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale12 hd

458.13

—

KY average25 barns · 420 hd

427.12

+31.01

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

+57.45

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	1,933	172.00	3,324	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,214	158.00	1,918	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	136.50	1,445	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,030	$1,675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Large 1-2	400–450	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,353	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,512	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,617	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	540.18/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,982	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,420	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,233	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,960	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,739	1
Bulls	—	—	2,225	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,097	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,350	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	157.18/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,870	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	167.82/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,922	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,933	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 Feb 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 39Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	585	407.50	407.50
1	600–650	610	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	690	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	530.00–550.00	540.18
11	400–450	440	507.50	507.50
10	500–550	506	465.00	465.00
1	550–600	550	440.00	440.00
4	700–750	734	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	592	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	580.00	580.00
1	350–400	365	555.00	555.00
6	450–500	454	520.00	520.00
8	500–550	518	485.00	485.00
3	550–600	588	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	610	415.00	415.00
2	650–700	675	367.50	367.50
1	700–750	745	362.50	362.50
1	950–1000	985	302.50	302.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	419	465.00	465.00
8	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
4	550–600	572	382.50	382.50
3	600–650	637	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	810	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	430	410.00	410.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,190	152.00–163.00	157.18
2	—	1,145	165.00–170.00	167.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	127.50	127.50
1	—	1,000	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,315	147.00	147.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	167.00	167.00
1	—	2,225	177.00	177.00

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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Slaughter Cattle