Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-05-06

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, May 6
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
499 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 539▲ 103 vs year ago 396 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 128▲ 44 vs year ago 109 · +40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 183▼ 8 vs year ago 123 · −6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady on a light test. Feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 550lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.22/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −116.62 against this barn's trailing median of $366.84.
Average price
$250.22
56 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,351
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.18
vs KY average
−17.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542252.181,36743
Medium and Large 2530247.661,3139thin
Medium and Large 2-3537235.001,2624thin
One grade step is worth $17.18/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale56 hd
250.22
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KY average25 barns · 1,144 hd
259.40
−9.18
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−17.37
This barn, trailing median34 sales
366.84
−116.62
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—High1,509148.622,24325
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,187129.991,54336
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,506129.151,94614
CowsLean 85-90%Low987114.571,13153

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)1,270$2,0024thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,230$1,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,033$1,8173thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$1,7634thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,390$1,7351thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,247$1,7233thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,165$1,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$1,6908
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,5922thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,132$1,5752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,101$1,4187
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$1,2932thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)923$1,6082thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$1,4601thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,192$2,2893thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,365$2,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,312$2,3994thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,3845
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,375$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,28510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,363$2,1593thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$2,1251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,230$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,020$2,0002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$2,0253thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3562
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,4865
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4946
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540312.46/cwt305.00–316.001,68715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642269.22/cwt267.00–275.001,72815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680260.11/cwt255.00–265.001,7692
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720239.90/cwt235.00–245.001,7272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,8522
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267281.27/cwt280.00–282.507514
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290305.00/cwt305.00–305.008856
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365252.00/cwt252.00–252.009207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,13420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2397279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,15013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added454308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,39812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470279.13/cwt269.00–282.001,31223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517256.02/cwt250.00–264.001,32428
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530247.66/cwt245.00–248.001,3139
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3537235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,44315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4214
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2656191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2534
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668215.46/cwt210.00–221.501,4399
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768207.06/cwt203.00–215.001,5903
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2213348.15/cwt346.50–350.007422
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2308335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0324
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0686
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,29616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460321.50/cwt321.50–321.501,47939
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,3559
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,52114
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,59520
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622247.42/cwt242.50–250.001,5396
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2728200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4564
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775222.33/cwt221.00–223.001,7233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,159135.14/cwt131.50–140.001,5667
Bulls——1,454146.05/cwt142.00–152.002,1247
Bulls——1,767158.83/cwt153.50–164.002,80711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76085.00/cwt85.00–85.006461
Cows—Lean 85-90%925101.79/cwt94.00–106.009428
Cows—Lean 85-90%988124.20/cwt120.00–129.001,22713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010114.78/cwt108.00–119.001,15931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177124.65/cwt120.00–128.001,46715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194133.81/cwt129.00–140.501,59821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425115.25/cwt114.00–117.001,6422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520131.47/cwt128.00–139.501,99812
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1922,288.81/head1,750.00–2,775.002,2893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3652,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29631,292.73/head1,275.00–1,310.001,2932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0331,817.42/head1,750.00–1,850.001,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1011,417.67/head1,150.00–1,725.001,4187
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,763.34/head1,750.00–1,775.001,7634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1321,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1841,690.39/head1,410.00–1,860.001,6908
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,592.12/head1,425.00–1,735.001,5922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2471,722.87/head1,525.00–1,850.001,7233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,001.54/head1,900.00–2,075.002,0024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3901,735.00/head1,735.00–1,735.001,7351
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs13 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28681,550.65/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0812,319.70/head1,925.00–2,525.002,3203
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3282,480.39/head2,475.00–2,485.002,4802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3402,176.40/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3422,331.99/head2,250.00–2,500.002,3323
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3682,351.74/head2,100.00–2,550.002,3522
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3752,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4102,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4132,506.93/head1,950.00–2,675.002,5076
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28501,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29231,608.05/head1,560.00–1,650.001,6082
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28752,024.86/head1,825.00–2,225.002,0253

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.