Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-03-18

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 18
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 466▲ 45 vs year ago 648 · +6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 164▼ 28 vs year ago 207 · −13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 111▼ 106 vs year ago 240 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder bulls under 400lbs sold sharply higher with feeder bulls over 400lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with several high dressing individuals.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.73/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −124.10 against this barn's trailing median of $366.84.
Average price
$242.73
49 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,369
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.56
vs KY average
−34.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567244.391,38544
Medium and Large 2540228.201,2335thin
One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale49 hd
242.73
—
KY average27 barns · 2,318 hd
261.29
−18.56
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−34.49
This barn, trailing median34 sales
366.84
−124.10
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

34 sales
422384347309median 366.8403/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.76, low $323.16, median $366.84 across 34 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,682152.022,55729
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,506128.921,94222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,211126.721,53450
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low974109.601,06765

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 (2-4 yrs)1,242$1,9117
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,435$1,8351thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,309$1,7194thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,146$1,59010
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,170$1,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,152$1,5186
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,4601thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,4545
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,193$1,4455
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,3351thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$1,1001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,162$1,8185
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,323$1,7753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,343$2,3695
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,319$2,27610
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,116$2,17410
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,225$1,5552thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$1,8501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,4001thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2272
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy388374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,45114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,45610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4902
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,65431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3172
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6592
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5859
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629266.45/cwt266.00–267.001,6769
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672235.12/cwt230.00–240.001,5806
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673259.49/cwt256.00–265.001,7467
Steers700–750Large 1-2705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8523
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215340.00/cwt340.00–340.007312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2307285.00/cwt285.00–285.0087519
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,10527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380277.11/cwt273.00–280.001,05317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,31321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3448235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0539
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,25630
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,44420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2502248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2452
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,37214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2173
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4453
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,37427
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620233.07/cwt230.00–236.001,4454
Heifers600–650Large 1-2625206.86/cwt201.00–213.001,2932
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3494
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5382
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4722
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3274
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4961
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,5932
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2935135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2621
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270305.00/cwt305.00–305.008241
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2286349.50/cwt349.50–349.501,00014
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381353.29/cwt347.50–355.001,34631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2587
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2441275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2138
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2447310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,38626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2008
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,46622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514259.70/cwt255.00–262.001,33515
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,54024
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5725
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6697
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5452
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2758222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6833
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770192.50/cwt190.00–195.001,4822
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3406230.00/cwt230.00–230.009344
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7421
Bulls——1,436144.69/cwt138.00–148.002,0788
Bulls——1,798156.05/cwt150.00–165.002,80620
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87487.01/cwt80.00–90.007605
Cows—Lean 85-90%917100.85/cwt93.50–105.0092517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006112.11/cwt107.00–117.001,12828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012122.37/cwt118.00–127.001,23815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210121.57/cwt115.00–125.501,47124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211131.47/cwt126.00–142.001,59226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493123.40/cwt117.00–127.001,8429
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515132.74/cwt128.00–144.002,01113
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1621,817.79/head1,400.00–2,025.001,8185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3231,774.87/head1,525.00–1,975.001,7753
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29301,060.00/head1,060.00–1,060.001,0601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29562,056.89/head1,900.00–2,100.002,0575
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2762,290.26/head2,175.00–2,600.002,2905
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3062,282.72/head1,600.00–2,485.002,2838
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3312,305.16/head1,875.00–2,500.002,3054
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3732,246.68/head1,975.00–2,450.002,2472
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3902,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5202,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9051,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29051,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,454.36/head1,250.00–1,550.001,4545
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,335.00/head1,335.00–1,335.001,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1461,589.65/head1,050.00–2,185.001,59010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,444.95/head1,150.00–1,635.001,4455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2421,910.50/head1,575.00–2,510.001,9117
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,672.42/head1,450.00–2,050.001,6724
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3091,719.49/head1,475.00–1,950.001,7194
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4351,835.00/head1,835.00–1,835.001,8351
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.