Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder 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 $432.86/cwt on 7 head, down $15.08 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +30.39 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$432.86

▼ 15.08 vs prior sale

7 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$73.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

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	530	443.33	2,350	6thin
Medium and Large 2	595	370.00	2,202	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.33/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $354.24, median $402.47 across 9 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 sale7 hd

432.86

—

KY average25 barns · 451 hd

443.07

−10.21

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

+30.39

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	1,275	190.00	2,423	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	4
Bulls	—	—	1,275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,423	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 May 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 57Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 21Year ago 31

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder 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 — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	547.50	547.50
3	350–400	373	522.50	522.50
2	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	523	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	565	435.00	435.00
3	650–700	665	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	748	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	458	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	530	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	578	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	557.50	557.50
2	550–600	593	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	190.00	190.00

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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