Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. No trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $447.50/cwt on 2 head, down $0.44 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +46.82 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$447.50

▼ 0.44 vs prior sale

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.39

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	545	447.50	2,439	2thin

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

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 sale2 hd

447.50

—

KY average25 barns · 688 hd

449.89

−2.39

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

+46.82

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	—	Average	1,433	174.50	2,500	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	165.00	1,997	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	157.03	2,296	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	151.12	1,647	10

Every lot, as filed

36 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	300–350	300	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	407.24/cwt	387.50–412.50	2,480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	552.68/cwt	540.00–575.00	2,078	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	810	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,165	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	3,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,059	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	698	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	870	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	460.58/cwt	457.50–462.50	2,119	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	513.28/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	950–1000	975	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	527.51/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	495.59/cwt	490.00–497.50	2,136	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	511.84/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,252	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,372	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,964	1
Bulls	—	—	1,280	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,074	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	165.00/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,997	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,573	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	152.54/cwt	152.00–153.00	2,163	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,691	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	158.17/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,711	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	135.05/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,411	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 Mar 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 135Year ago 79

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 19Year ago 47

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder calves due to low comparable receipts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. No trend on slaughter 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
1	200–250	245	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	300	580.00	580.00
8	350–400	376	540.00–575.00	552.68
10	400–450	440	510.00–530.00	511.84
2	500–550	545	447.50	447.50
5	600–650	609	387.50–412.50	407.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	525.00–530.00	527.51
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	431	490.00–497.50	495.59
1	450–500	475	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	290.00	290.00
2	950–1000	975	260.00–270.00	265.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	600.00	600.00
2	400–450	443	530.00	530.00
1	950–1000	960	320.00	320.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	568	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	560.00	560.00
9	300–350	319	510.00–515.00	513.28
4	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
8	450–500	460	457.50–462.50	460.58
4	550–600	565	382.50	382.50
3	700–750	717	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	870	287.50	287.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,280	162.00	162.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	164.00–166.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	166.00	166.00
2	—	1,418	152.00–153.00	152.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	145.00–147.00	146.02
6	—	1,082	155.00–164.00	158.17
2	—	1,045	132.00–139.00	135.05

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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