Cattleman's Livestock Market Report, Bowling Green, KY

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 25, 2024

332 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $274.50/cwt +11.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,850/hd at 674 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $264.87/cwt +6.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,367/hd at 516 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $255.20/cwt +17.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,449/hd at 568 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	332	286	232
Feeder cattle	282	233	171
Slaughter cattle	26	30	39
Replacement cattle	24	23	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. A very good quality offering saw strong demand from the feeder calf buyers. The buyers still are discounting those calves carrying too much condition. Slaughter cows traded fully steady and no test on slaughter bulls due to low receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,095	—
425	425	1	316.00	$316.00	$1,343	+5.00
473	473	2	309.00	$309.00	$1,462	—
525–540	538	9	305.00–308.00	$305.33	$1,643	+12.33
561–592	570	10	281.00–294.00	$285.05	$1,625	+10.49
643–645	643	7	275.00–280.00	$279.28	$1,796	—
674 value added	674	25	274.50	$274.50	$1,850	+9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,072	—
460	460	1	291.00	$291.00	$1,339	+46.00
510–540	525	2	260.00–275.00	$267.71	$1,405	—
560	560	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,512	—
655	655	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,127	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,276	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–335	326	5	300.00–303.00	$301.15	$982	+14.15
395	395	3	245.00	$245.00	$968	-27.54
395	395	1	291.00	$291.00	$1,149	+18.46
457	457	12	270.00	$270.00	$1,234	-8.50
515	515	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,133	-38.46
509–518	516	20	266.00–270.50	$267.11	$1,378	+8.65
550	550	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,265	-7.72
563	563	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,408	+12.28
569–575 value added	570	12	258.00–259.00	$258.17	$1,472	—
620 value added	620	8	249.00	$249.00	$1,544	—
605–640	633	7	230.00–239.00	$237.19	$1,501	+2.19
660–668	665	3	228.00–230.00	$229.34	$1,525	+4.34
705	705	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,488	+6.26
790	790	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,540	—
818	818	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,595	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	289.00	$289.00	$858	—
303–322	313	6	267.00–270.00	$268.55	$841	+23.55
403	403	5	262.00	$262.00	$1,056	—
450–455	452	5	260.00–263.00	$261.19	$1,181	+22.59
508–540	524	4	245.00–254.00	$249.36	$1,307	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	235.00	$235.00	$964	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	250.00	$250.00	$612	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	4	340.00	$340.00	$887	+8.98
300–330	312	5	326.00–329.00	$327.73	$1,023	—
316 fancy	316	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,090	—
375–394	390	9	330.00–334.00	$333.14	$1,299	+7.14
400–447	441	11	305.00–317.00	$315.75	$1,392	+2.08
480	480	6	290.00–294.00	$291.33	$1,398	-5.70
495 fancy	495	4	316.00	$316.00	$1,564	—
533	533	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,471	-11.00
546 fancy	546	5	306.50	$306.50	$1,673	—
584 fancy	584	6	299.50	$299.50	$1,749	—
610–640	625	2	268.00–269.00	$268.51	$1,678	-1.82
716	716	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,733	—
760	760	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,664	+1.50
805	805	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	320.00	$320.00	$944	—
318–340	324	5	300.00–302.00	$300.40	$973	-1.60
498	498	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,370	-15.00
675–685	680	2	225.00–235.00	$230.04	$1,564	+31.04

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,126	+36.00
635	635	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	—
815–1245	950	85-90%	4	109.00–114.00	$111.63	$1,060	—
985–1145	1060	85-90%	5	97.00–102.00	$99.25	$1,052	-16.75

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1290	1128	80-85%	4	121.00–132.00	$125.83	$1,419	—
1015–1270	1136	80-85%	6	105.00–118.00	$113.10	$1,285	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1480	1435	75-80%	4	126.00–136.00	$131.37	$1,885	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2055	2055	1	146.00	$146.00	$3,000	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
965–1070	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,360.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–865	833	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,376.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070 thin fleshed	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	-750.00
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,910.00	$1,910.00	-540.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	-75.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.