Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.25/cwt on 10 head, down $109.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −69.47 against this barn's trailing median of $386.72.

Average price

$317.25

▼ 109.55 vs prior sale

10 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.87

vs KY average

−20.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	317.25	1,678	10thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $317.25, median $386.72 across 12 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

317.25

—

KY average25 barns · 641 hd

348.12

−30.87

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−20.77

This barn, trailing median12 sales

386.72

−69.47

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	1,750	195.00	3,413	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	158.00	1,762	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,685	150.00	2,528	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,762	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,645	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,857	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 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 68Last week 44Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 19

Compared to last week: No trend due to low receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	422.50	422.50
2	400–450	442	380.00	380.00
7	500–550	510	322.50	322.50
3	550–600	573	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	375	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	535	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	585	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	158.00	158.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	195.00	195.00

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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