Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $385.00/cwt on 1 head, up $7.50 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −15.68 against this barn's trailing median of $400.68.

Average price

$385.00

▲ 7.50 vs prior sale

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.08

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	525	385.00	2,021	1thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.13, low $352.76, median $400.68 across 11 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 sale1 hd

385.00

—

KY average22 barns · 309 hd

382.92

+2.08

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.68

−15.68

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	1,800	196.83	3,543	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	181.99	2,848	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	172.00	2,098	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	153.08	1,523	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1-2	750–800	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,905	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,687	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,190	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	181.99/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,848	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,005	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	153.08/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	196.83/cwt	184.00–205.00	3,543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,715	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 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 70Year ago 42

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 16

No trend due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	402.50	402.50
5	450–500	453	372.50	372.50
2	750–800	788	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	490.00	490.00
6	400–450	433	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	452	427.50	427.50
1	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	860	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	440.00	440.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	181.00	181.00
1	—	1,230	163.00	163.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	179.00–185.00	181.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	151.00–155.00	153.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	184.00–205.00	196.83

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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