Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

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 $377.50/cwt on 10 head, down $66.14 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −24.97 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$377.50

▼ 66.14 vs prior sale

10 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$42.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.36

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	548	387.86	2,127	7thin
Large 1-2	543	357.50	1,939	2thin
Medium and Large 2	575	345.00	1,984	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.86/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd

377.50

—

KY average25 barns · 357 hd

397.86

−20.36

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

−24.97

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,695	185.95	3,152	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,070	178.50	1,910	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,320	144.00	1,901	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
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	563	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,914	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,947	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	185.95/cwt	183.00–189.00	3,152	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,115	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	840	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,115	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,276	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 Jul 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 53Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 20

No trend due to low comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	415.00	415.00
2	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	573	350.00	350.00
1	1100–1150	1,115	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	437	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	532	397.50	397.50
3	550–600	570	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	575	345.00	345.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	840	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,070	175.00	175.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	183.00–189.00	185.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	144.00	144.00

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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