Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.39/cwt on 19 head, down $2.10 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +7.01 against this barn's trailing median of $456.38.

Average price

$463.39

▼ 2.10 vs prior sale

19 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.76

vs KY average

−24.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	564	463.39	2,616	19thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $465.49, low $434.55, median $456.38 across 8 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 sale19 hd

463.39

—

KY average26 barns · 1,133 hd

486.15

−22.76

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−24.96

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.38

+7.01

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	1,558	185.21	2,886	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,555	179.00	2,783	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	167.35	2,125	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,004	166.09	1,668	7thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$3,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,317	$2,984	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,187	$2,492	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,169	$2,234	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$4,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$4,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$3,899	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,142	$3,313	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,775	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	174.23/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,817	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,697	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	154.58/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,940	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,330	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,474	1
Bulls	—	—	1,558	185.21/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,886	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	2,491.57/head	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,492	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,317	2,983.74/head	2,500.00–3,600.00	2,984	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	2,233.95/head	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,234	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	3,267.06/head	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,267	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	3,981.87/head	3,950.00–4,000.00	3,982	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	4,700.00/head	4,700.00–4,700.00	4,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,627	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	950–1000	965	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,317	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 60Last week 44Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 10Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 1Year ago 1

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,610	173.00	173.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	127.50	127.50
5	—	1,043	168.00–179.00	174.23
1	—	1,035	164.00	164.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	150.00–161.00	154.58
1	—	1,195	195.00	195.00
1	—	1,390	178.00	178.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	178.00–190.00	185.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	4,150.00	4,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,157	3,800.00	3,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	3,450.00	3,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	3,850.00	3,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,143	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,267.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,241	3,950.00–4,000.00	3,981.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	4,700.00	4,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,187	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,491.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,317	2,500.00–3,600.00	2,983.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,169	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,233.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	3,550.00	3,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	520.00	520.00
5	500–550	521	492.50	492.50
14	550–600	580	453.00	453.00
7	600–650	644	407.50	407.50
1	700–750	720	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	455.00	455.00
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	422.50	422.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	950	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	382	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	468	495.00	495.00
4	500–550	529	450.00	450.00
1	700–750	720	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	240.00	240.00

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle