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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 3

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Oct 27Nov 3latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 115 vs last sale 139▼ 76 vs year ago 100 · −76.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 16▼ 21 vs year ago 28 · −75.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low receipts>

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.00/cwt on 2 head, down $26.75 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −69.93 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$275.00

▼ 26.75 vs prior sale

2 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−65.07

vs KY average

−85.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	595	300.00	1,785	1thin
Large 2	550	250.00	1,375	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $410 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

275.00

—

KY average19 barns · 986 hd

340.07

−65.07

National average45 barns · 4,335 hd

360.81

−85.81

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−69.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $301.75, median $344.93 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	120.33	1,583	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	950	95.75	910	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$1,900	1thin

Every lot

24 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium 2-3	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 2	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	1
Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,912	2
Bulls	500–550	Large 2	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Bulls	600–650	Large 2	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,839	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	941	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	861	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,600	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,574	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 139Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 16Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 6

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	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	475	402.50	402.50
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	675	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	735	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	775	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	645	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	250.00	250.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	84.00	84.00
1	—	875	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,328	118.00–119.00	118.49

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.