Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-03-25

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 25
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
813 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 693▲ 39 vs year ago 774 · +5.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 179▲ 6 vs year ago 200 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
136 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 134▼ 141 vs year ago 277 · −50.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder bulls under 400lbs sold 12.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder bulls over 400lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 400lbs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with the exception of a few extremely 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 $248.99/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −117.85 against this barn's trailing median of $366.84.
Average price
$248.99
80 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,348
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.16
vs KY average
−17.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544253.111,37664
Medium and Large 2532232.491,23716thin
One grade step is worth $20.62/cwt here — about $139 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 sale80 hd
248.99
—
KY average25 barns · 1,536 hd
258.15
−9.16
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−17.88
This barn, trailing median34 sales
366.84
−117.85
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—Low1,737149.332,59436
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235128.521,58746
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,499128.211,92215
CowsLean 85-90%High956113.271,08371

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)1,150$2,0634thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,201$1,9777
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,096$1,8139
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,162$1,7775
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,053$1,6372thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,144$1,6337
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,193$1,5933thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,108$1,4106
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$1,3172thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,237$2,4193thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,290$2,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,227$2,5207
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,5076
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,206$2,2906
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,265$2,12616
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)988$2,6253thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)879$1,3769

Every lot

96 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2248360.00/cwt360.00–360.008933
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,2281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456319.84/cwt305.00–323.001,4586
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478292.66/cwt291.00–295.001,3997
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3492245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2055
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534276.86/cwt269.00–282.001,4785
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578264.58/cwt260.00–269.001,5296
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643246.50/cwt244.00–248.001,5854
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7422
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5841
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704258.66/cwt250.00–263.001,8213
Steers750–800Large 1-2755240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7622
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,91117
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8971
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955216.50/cwt216.50–216.502,06821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy217345.00/cwt345.00–345.007494
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230322.50/cwt322.50–322.507421
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2257288.44/cwt280.00–292.507413
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280340.00/cwt340.00–340.009521
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2289307.45/cwt305.00–312.5088914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300273.00/cwt273.00–273.008191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374299.73/cwt295.00–309.001,12162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,06220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,30513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456271.25/cwt262.00–273.001,23747
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462243.43/cwt242.00–250.001,12528
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,33134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532232.49/cwt232.00–240.001,23716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556262.80/cwt262.00–263.001,46115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594232.35/cwt225.00–236.001,38015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2563
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665223.74/cwt217.00–230.001,48814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3942
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712210.98/cwt205.00–213.001,5028
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3875
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5501
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2213333.24/cwt320.00–345.007102
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215385.00/cwt385.00–385.008281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2293341.67/cwt337.50–360.001,00121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2343360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2353
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369314.15/cwt310.00–317.001,15934
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,31929
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2453310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,40450
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,23716
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,50526
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2556249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,38416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2587269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,57915
Bulls600–650Large 1-2605232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4041
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,68515
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7404
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2781206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6097
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,352127.09/cwt120.00–132.501,7183
Bulls——1,714143.14/cwt135.00–149.502,45311
Bulls——1,801155.46/cwt150.00–170.002,80022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81987.06/cwt82.00–91.007134
Cows—Lean 85-90%905102.80/cwt95.00–106.0093012
Cows—Lean 85-90%974122.19/cwt118.00–129.501,19030
Cows—Lean 85-90%981111.79/cwt106.00–117.501,09725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214136.16/cwt126.00–157.001,65324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257120.68/cwt114.00–125.501,51721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491123.82/cwt118.00–128.001,8467
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535134.92/cwt130.00–141.502,0717
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2372,419.00/head2,150.00–2,850.002,4193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2780960.00/head960.00–960.009601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,506.90/head1,550.00–2,800.002,5076
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,248.20/head1,900.00–2,350.002,2484
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2312,489.84/head1,800.00–2,775.002,4906
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2432,016.66/head1,575.00–2,375.002,0177
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2522,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4212,360.47/head2,325.00–2,425.002,3604
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29882,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6253
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29301,317.34/head1,200.00–1,425.001,3172
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0531,637.41/head1,550.00–1,710.001,6372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0961,813.03/head1,650.00–1,925.001,8139
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1081,409.86/head1,025.00–1,710.001,4106
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1441,633.40/head1,350.00–2,075.001,6337
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,062.77/head2,000.00–2,125.002,0634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1621,777.19/head1,500.00–1,885.001,7775
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,593.23/head1,575.00–1,625.001,5933
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2011,977.04/head1,575.00–2,075.001,9777
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28791,376.09/head1,250.00–1,425.001,3769

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.