Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2023-03-27

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 27
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
774 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 648▲ 135 vs year ago 639 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 207▲ 7 vs year ago 193 · +3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
277 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 240▲ 162 vs year ago 115 · +140.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 185lb bred heifer deleted.

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test. Feeder bulls under 350lbs sold sharply higher with feeder bulls

over 350lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.44/cwt on 298 head.
Average price
$191.44
298 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483192.03927278
Medium and Large 2457183.2583720
One grade step is worth $8.78/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale298 hd
191.44
—
KY average24 barns · 7,433 hd
188.72
+2.72
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
Bulls—Average1,590118.991,89321
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23397.411,20164
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48496.761,43618
CowsLean 85-90%High98080.2278658

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,187$1,47917
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,156$1,40612
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$1,2903thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,269$1,2164thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,106$1,21013
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,176$1,16717
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$1,15018
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,052$1,0753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)949$1,0709
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$1,0303thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$9002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,188$1,3212thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,012$1,1853thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,507$1,9523thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,083$1,4593thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,293$2,1513thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,273$1,98010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,203$1,70614
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,405$1,6602thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,343$1,62219
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,157$1,4752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,235$1,3242thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)850$7751thin

Every lot

89 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Glasgow, 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2210243.00/cwt243.00–243.005102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230267.50/cwt267.50–267.506151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy276262.50/cwt262.50–262.507253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413236.83/cwt231.00–238.009786
Steers—Medium and Large 2451201.00/cwt201.00–201.009077
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453234.73/cwt229.00–236.001,06317
Steers—Medium and Large 2517191.00/cwt191.00–191.0098711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521210.35/cwt210.00–213.001,0969
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582209.47/cwt200.00–214.001,2193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671192.17/cwt179.00–196.001,28910
Steers—Medium and Large 2715169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865166.52/cwt163.00–170.001,4402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,000141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225222.00/cwt222.00–222.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy228248.48/cwt242.50–251.005677
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230204.00/cwt204.00–204.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306204.70/cwt204.00–219.0062622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy317231.87/cwt225.00–237.0073517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366204.03/cwt196.00–208.0074749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439196.60/cwt190.00–198.0086342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2454195.28/cwt192.00–203.0088711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455184.50/cwt184.50–184.5083918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515187.44/cwt176.50–190.5096554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622169.20/cwt165.00–172.001,05217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640179.11/cwt178.00–180.001,14618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662170.86/cwt161.00–176.001,1313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742155.64/cwt148.00–160.001,15515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776153.15/cwt147.00–164.501,1889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2930130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235217.00/cwt217.00–217.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2253247.50/cwt247.50–247.506266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy254265.00/cwt265.00–265.006735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy307271.00/cwt271.00–271.0083225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2362231.59/cwt230.00–234.0083810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,00522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2442200.00/cwt200.00–200.0088414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,07830
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465191.00/cwt191.00–191.008889
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,11627
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523187.66/cwt183.00–191.0098112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570170.00/cwt170.00–170.009691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,15813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,15517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0777
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730159.98/cwt159.00–161.001,1682
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3345132.50/cwt132.50–132.504571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0871
Bulls——1,512112.96/cwt108.00–118.001,7089
Bulls——1,687126.75/cwt120.00–134.002,13811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96458.67/cwt53.00–60.005664
Cows—Lean 85-90%98086.45/cwt75.00–96.0084739
Cows—Lean 85-90%98369.78/cwt64.00–74.0068615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22082.00/cwt81.50–82.501,0003
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22688.77/cwt84.50–93.001,08820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237102.75/cwt94.00–118.001,27141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46990.22/cwt86.00–94.501,3258
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,496102.00/cwt95.50–114.001,52610
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,459.49/head1,400.00–1,510.001,4593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5071,952.10/head1,300.00–2,300.001,9523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29491,070.06/head950.00–1,200.001,0709
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040900.00/head900.00–900.009002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0521,075.16/head1,025.00–1,100.001,0753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1061,209.63/head1,050.00–1,400.001,21013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1181,149.99/head1,000.00–1,300.001,15018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1561,406.19/head1,025.00–1,725.001,40612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1761,167.15/head960.00–1,335.001,16717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,289.77/head1,025.00–1,400.001,2903
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1871,478.68/head1,225.00–1,725.001,47917
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1881,030.34/head910.00–1,075.001,0303
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2691,216.08/head1,210.00–1,235.001,2164
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2850775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1571,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1831,940.01/head1,875.00–2,000.001,9402
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2061,666.95/head1,175.00–2,150.001,66712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,323.63/head1,075.00–1,500.001,3242
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2731,979.82/head1,325.00–2,250.001,98010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2932,151.01/head2,125.00–2,200.002,1513
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3341,627.82/head1,350.00–1,725.001,62816
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3881,591.18/head1,525.00–1,700.001,5913
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4051,660.00/head1,660.00–1,660.001,6602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0121,184.84/head1,125.00–1,275.001,1853
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1881,321.16/head1,150.00–1,450.001,3212

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.