Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

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 on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $400.68/cwt on 15 head, down $1.79 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −1.79 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$400.68

▼ 1.79 vs prior sale

15 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$74.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.61

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	529	409.63	2,167	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	350.00	1,820	1thin
Large 1-2	530	335.00	1,776	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.63/cwt here — about $391 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 sale15 hd

400.68

—

KY average23 barns · 345 hd

410.28

−9.61

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

−1.79

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	—	Low	1,698	208.50	3,539	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,625	186.00	3,023	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,164	158.39	1,844	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,365	150.00	2,048	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Large 1-2	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	440.60/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,049	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,859	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	164.99/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,043	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,403	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,932	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	153.99/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,717	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	3,678	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	330.67/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,001	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	409.63/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,167	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	402.67/cwt	387.50–409.00	2,134	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 65Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 13Year ago 7

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	427.50	427.50
7	450–500	465	435.00–445.00	440.60
13	500–550	529	405.00–410.00	409.63
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	685	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	435.00	435.00
2	400–450	440	422.50	422.50
10	500–550	530	387.50–409.00	402.67
7	600–650	605	325.00–345.00	330.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	705	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	470.00	470.00
1	700–750	715	342.50	342.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	162.00–168.00	164.99
3	—	1,115	150.00–157.00	153.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	186.00	186.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	205.00	205.00
1	—	1,735	212.00	212.00

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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