Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2026-09-01

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 1
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 68▼ 161 vs year ago 175 · −92.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 3▼ 34 vs year ago 41 · −82.9%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $292.50/cwt on 2 head, down $63.36 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −63.36 against this barn's trailing median of $355.86.
Average price
$292.50
▼ 63.36 vs prior sale
2 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.85
vs KY average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613292.501,7932thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

3 sales
383358334309median 355.8606/0206/0206/2309/2209/22
Bulls 600–700 lb: high $368.66, low $323.06, median $355.86 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
292.50
—
KY average25 barns · 226 hd
308.35
−15.85
This barn, trailing median3 sales
355.86
−63.36
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,183146.681,7352thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,630141.002,2982thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,245112.781,4042thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%—1,245112.78/cwt111.00–115.001,4042
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,755150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,6331
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,505132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,9871
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,183146.68/cwt141.00–153.001,7352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478322.59/cwt317.50–327.501,5423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650613292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5732

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.