Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.73/cwt on 11 head, up $44.06 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −4.79 against this barn's trailing median of $385.52.

Average price

$380.73

▲ 44.06 vs prior sale

11 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$45.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.75

vs KY average

−35.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	405.48	2,117	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	574	360.10	2,067	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.38/cwt here — about $50 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

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 sale11 hd

380.73

—

KY average26 barns · 1,151 hd

406.48

−25.75

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−35.39

This barn, trailing median13 sales

385.52

−4.79

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	—	High	1,773	214.33	3,801	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	130.00	1,651	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,535	155.00	2,379	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,651	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,258	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,344	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	513.69/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,240	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,259	11
Bulls	—	—	2,335	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,857	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,430	1
Bulls	—	—	1,180	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	415.07/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,973	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	360.10/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,067	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	454.73/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,975	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	312	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,685	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	405.48/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,117	5

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 Mar 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 110Year ago 74

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	155.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,335	208.00	208.00
1	—	1,805	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,180	245.00	245.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	367	537.50	537.50
11	500–550	502	450.00	450.00
4	650–700	680	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	650	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	505.00–515.00	513.69
2	450–500	460	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	514	456.00	456.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	589	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	450.00–465.00	454.73
10	400–450	434	455.00	455.00
6	450–500	461	410.00–420.00	415.07
5	500–550	522	405.00–407.50	405.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	361.00	361.00
6	550–600	574	350.00–365.00	360.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	312	540.00	540.00

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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