Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 24, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	81	45	320
Feeder cattle	74	37	280
Slaughter cattle	7	6	40
Replacement cattle	—	2	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

The small number of cattle in today's sale along with last week's did not allow a market trend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,781	—
475	475	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,852	—
501	501	4	389.00	$389.00	$1,949	—
570	570	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,966	-67.50
625–648	640	3	336.00–337.50	$336.49	$2,154	—
670–683	679	3	320.00–325.00	$321.65	$2,184	—
713	713	4	296.00	$296.00	$2,110	—
771	771	8	310.00	$310.00	$2,390	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,278	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	415.00–435.00	$425.13	$1,594	—
458	458	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,626	-28.81
523	523	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,739	-22.50
555–565	560	2	320.00–340.00	$329.91	$1,847	-0.09
605–636	631	6	300.00–307.50	$301.20	$1,901	-13.80

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,800	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,911	+40.00
455–480	470	3	390.00–430.00	$403.25	$1,895	-1.75
522	522	3	366.00	$366.00	$1,911	—
570	570	7	349.00	$349.00	$1,989	+10.35
603–620	612	4	323.00–325.00	$324.01	$1,983	—
650	650	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,064	—
745	745	1	266.00	$266.00	$1,982	-44.00
795	795	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,828	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,766	—
655	655	1	299.00	$299.00	$1,958	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,873	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,552	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1530	1378	75-80%	2	150.00–169.00	$158.45	$2,183	—
1440	1440	75-80%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,728	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	80-85%	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,598	—

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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.