Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light test. No test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.44/cwt on 24 head, down $9.06 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +12.93 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$398.44

▼ 9.06 vs prior sale

24 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$66.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.66

vs KY average

−31.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	404.18	2,217	12thin
Large 1-2	571	400.00	2,284	4thin
Medium and Large 2	517	396.41	2,049	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	337.50	1,873	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.68/cwt here — about $344 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 sale24 hd

398.44

—

KY average26 barns · 1,779 hd

412.10

−13.66

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−31.97

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

+12.93

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	161.57	1,936	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	159.00	2,409	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,018	140.02	1,426	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)	1,139	$2,792	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,072	$2,400	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$4,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	725	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	400–450	420	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	464.94/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,199	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	400.42/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,366	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,630	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	325	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	780	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	250–300	280	411.23/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	442.83/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,582	20
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	347.56/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	437.47/cwt	432.50–442.50	2,017	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,409	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	172.88/cwt	164.00–185.00	2,118	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,638	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	134.53/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,325	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	156.52/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,833	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	149.06/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,789	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	2,792.32/head	2,300.00–2,950.00	2,792	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	345.83/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	418.91/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,305	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,019	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	366.00/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	396.41/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,873	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,898	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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 100Year ago 48

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 11Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 2Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light test. No test on slaughter bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	392	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	420	462.50	462.50
6	450–500	473	455.00–470.00	464.94
2	500–550	548	437.50	437.50
6	550–600	591	400.00–402.50	400.42
1	600–650	620	382.50	382.50
5	650–700	655	360.00–367.50	366.00
6	700–750	730	345.00–350.00	345.83
1	850–900	895	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
20	550–600	583	440.00–460.00	442.83
4	600–650	640	411.00	411.00
1	700–750	725	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	420.00	420.00
1	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	410.00–412.50	411.23
1	450–500	460	412.50	412.50
4	550–600	571	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	387.50–400.00	396.41
2	650–700	662	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	460.00	460.00
3	300–350	347	472.50	472.50
6	450–500	461	432.50–442.50	437.47
9	500–550	539	415.00–420.00	418.91
3	550–600	577	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	623	345.00–350.00	347.56
8	650–700	654	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	865	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	555	337.50	337.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	159.00	159.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	164.00–185.00	172.88
4	—	1,171	153.00–162.00	156.52
2	—	1,200	148.00–150.00	149.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	151.00	151.00
2	—	985	134.00–135.00	134.53

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,139	2,300.00–2,950.00	2,792.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,072	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	4,000.00	4,000.00

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

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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle