Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $386.67/cwt on 9 head, down $56.97 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −15.80 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$386.67

▼ 56.97 vs prior sale

9 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$498

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

$130.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.61

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	505	430.00	2,172	5thin
Medium and Large 2	555	380.00	2,109	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	350.00	1,978	1thin
Medium 1-2	558	300.00	1,674	2thin

One grade step is worth $130.00/cwt here — about $498 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 sale9 hd

386.67

—

KY average25 barns · 407 hd

416.27

−29.61

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

−15.80

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	2,455	212.00	5,205	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	962	170.51	1,640	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,698	170.48	2,895	2thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,180	$2,400	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	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	392.37/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,429	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	170.48/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,895	2
Bulls	—	—	2,455	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	5,205	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	170.51/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,221	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	466.91/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,022	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	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 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 39Last week 254Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 13Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year ago 1

No trend 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	555	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	532.50	532.50
5	400–450	433	465.00–470.00	466.91
5	500–550	505	430.00	430.00
4	600–650	619	385.00–400.00	392.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	673	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	397.50	397.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	170.00–171.00	170.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	962	166.00–176.00	170.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,455	212.00	212.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,400.00	2,400.00

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

Bulls · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle