Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-07-29

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 29
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
514 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 626▼ 94 vs year ago 608 · −15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 175▼ 45 vs year ago 183 · −24.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 147▲ 24 vs year ago 105 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady on a light test. Feeder bulls under 600lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower with feeder bulls over 600lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady with the exception of a few extremely high dressing individuals.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $261.71/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −130.37 against this barn's trailing median of $392.08.
Average price
$261.71
69 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.39
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564271.131,52938
Medium and Large 2550250.161,37631
One grade step is worth $20.97/cwt here — about $153 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 sale69 hd
261.71
—
KY average25 barns · 600 hd
265.10
−3.39
This barn, trailing median35 sales
392.08
−130.37
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

35 sales
468412357301median 392.0803/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.38, low $314.65, median $392.08 across 35 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—High1,658163.332,70832
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,243140.671,74847
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,492137.342,04913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031127.451,31440

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,013$1,7083thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,089$1,6974thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,024$1,6898
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,6851thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,073$1,5812thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)940$1,5751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,074$1,52110
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,4751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,110$1,4504thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)745$1,2501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)805$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)810$1,6601thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)775$1,5001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,348$2,3313thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)975$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,4002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,270$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,201$2,3613thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,045$2,2847
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,088$1,9308
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,9132thin

Every lot

82 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3974
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470278.63/cwt270.00–284.001,31011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,53012
Steers550–600Large 1-2556282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5653
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590295.28/cwt290.00–296.001,74216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,83310
Steers700–750Large 1-2715234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6731
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732252.06/cwt244.00–254.001,8455
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0664
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300289.00/cwt289.00–289.008675
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363269.00/cwt269.00–269.0097611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391286.12/cwt280.00–290.001,11918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453273.15/cwt266.00–277.001,23726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,17210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524262.24/cwt254.00–265.001,37420
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4469
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590243.27/cwt235.50–247.001,43515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638236.67/cwt231.00–241.001,5107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2649207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3435
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4966
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670240.62/cwt235.00–242.001,6125
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740203.48/cwt200.00–207.001,5062
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2205390.00/cwt390.00–390.008001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2286315.00/cwt315.00–315.009013
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2351299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,0493
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380333.02/cwt330.50–335.001,26533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3437261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1415
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,29912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,40824
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,33616
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,49118
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,41615
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2598260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,55520
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666241.93/cwt241.00–244.001,61114
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2771217.35/cwt215.00–219.001,67610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,529151.69/cwt140.00–158.002,31911
Bulls——1,682182.51/cwt173.00–200.003,0705
Bulls——1,739165.33/cwt160.00–171.002,87516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010136.96/cwt135.00–139.501,3838
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016117.02/cwt114.00–120.001,1899
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044128.23/cwt123.00–134.001,33923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208132.56/cwt127.50–136.001,60112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249152.36/cwt149.00–158.001,9037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256141.22/cwt137.50–148.001,77428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453139.42/cwt138.50–140.502,0262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482131.93/cwt125.00–136.001,9558
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543150.37/cwt144.50–154.002,3203
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-29751,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3482,330.76/head1,835.00–2,750.002,3313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs12 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-25551,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29551,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9651,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0792,382.34/head2,150.00–2,600.002,3825
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,938.78/head1,235.00–2,125.001,9396
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2012,360.79/head2,335.00–2,375.002,3613
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,210.00/head2,210.00–2,210.002,2101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3152,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3652,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27451,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29401,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,708.26/head1,445.00–1,850.001,7083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0241,689.21/head1,500.00–2,100.001,6898
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,685.00/head1,685.00–1,685.001,6851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,580.56/head1,500.00–1,660.001,5812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0741,521.18/head1,235.00–1,760.001,52110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0891,697.10/head1,675.00–1,725.001,6974
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27751,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28051,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28101,660.00/head1,660.00–1,660.001,6601

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.