Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

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 $381.67/cwt on 6 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −20.80 against this barn's trailing median of $402.47.

Average price

$381.67

▲ 4.17 vs prior sale

6 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.90

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	546	385.00	2,102	5thin
Medium and Large 2	535	365.00	1,953	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $149 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 sale6 hd

381.67

—

KY average26 barns · 376 hd

376.76

+4.90

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.47

−20.80

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	905	171.00	1,548	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,305	167.50	2,186	1thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-2	400–450	449	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,077	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.80/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,548	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,225	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	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 Aug 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 30Year ago 44

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 21

No trend due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	449	462.50	462.50
3	500–550	522	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	582	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	690	322.50	322.50
3	700–750	720	317.50–322.50	320.80
1	900–950	940	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	432	422.50	422.50
6	500–550	522	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	595	322.50	322.50
3	600–650	603	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	745	341.00	341.00
1	750–800	795	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	171.00	171.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	167.50	167.50

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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