Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-03-17

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 17
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
507 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 584▼ 186 vs year ago 693 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 164▼ 40 vs year ago 179 · −22.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 191▲ 9 vs year ago 134 · +6.7%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.49/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −74.35 against this barn's trailing median of $366.84.
Average price
$292.49
54 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$56.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.50
vs KY average
−22.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543293.521,59353
Medium and Large 2-3595237.501,4131thin
One grade step is worth $56.02/cwt here — about $180 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 sale54 hd
292.49
—
KY average26 barns · 2,008 hd
301.99
−9.50
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−22.09
This barn, trailing median34 sales
366.84
−74.35
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—Low1,792164.692,95118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,588140.472,2308thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,283135.191,73545
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,006123.541,24266
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,145174.211,9952thin

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)1,209$2,5814thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,093$2,3346
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,272$1,9506
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$1,91310
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,014$1,8015
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,181$1,75410
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,322$1,7002thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,6852thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,162$1,5963thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,4992thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)970$1,2882thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$2,0751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)780$1,4615
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)698$1,3366
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)773$1,2882thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,145$2,7751thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,140$1,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,0145
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,9184thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)898$1,7552thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)966$1,4338
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)770$1,3751thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$1,0743thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3448290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2994
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8244
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512334.95/cwt334.00–338.001,71513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3517268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590312.32/cwt309.00–330.001,84312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4882
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,9336
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671286.36/cwt265.00–289.001,9219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723275.66/cwt255.00–277.501,99312
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,08210
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0622
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added912252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,29833
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,030172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,7771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210382.20/cwt370.00–395.008032
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy268379.72/cwt370.00–390.001,0182
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293337.50/cwt337.50–337.509895
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009771
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325295.00/cwt295.00–295.009591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2404
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2346349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,2089
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,29911
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2390240.00/cwt240.00–240.009361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418278.79/cwt272.50–285.001,1652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy443326.78/cwt325.00–327.001,44818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444317.14/cwt314.00–319.001,4088
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy466333.42/cwt329.00–338.001,55410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470264.61/cwt257.50–275.001,2445
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,58723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525286.96/cwt279.00–294.001,50713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591280.31/cwt277.00–285.001,65717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5062
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4671
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7373
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678257.38/cwt243.00–259.001,74519
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722240.59/cwt232.00–251.001,73714
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6501
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,070170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0542
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265442.83/cwt430.00–450.001,1733
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2268395.86/cwt390.00–410.001,0615
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2816
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320290.47/cwt280.00–300.009302
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2327379.17/cwt360.00–390.001,2404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370273.80/cwt270.00–277.501,0132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374377.69/cwt367.50–382.501,41331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425269.65/cwt260.00–280.001,1462
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2439354.39/cwt353.00–355.001,55619
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455281.03/cwt267.50–295.001,2799
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484307.67/cwt300.00–310.001,4894
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2504300.64/cwt290.00–302.501,5157
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,71022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7075
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3586270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5823
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7884
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626268.16/cwt264.00–285.001,6795
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,7001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8586
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2737250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8432
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5311
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,6171
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3855162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3891
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2870195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6971
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7301
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,145174.21/cwt165.00–185.001,9952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,685148.33/cwt133.00–154.002,4993
Bulls——1,734165.37/cwt160.00–169.002,86810
Bulls——1,971173.15/cwt172.00–174.003,4135
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77089.58/cwt75.00–100.006905
Cows—Lean 85-90%915111.12/cwt107.00–119.001,0178
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040138.34/cwt135.50–142.501,43911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042126.08/cwt120.00–134.001,31442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245136.45/cwt130.00–144.501,69929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,336153.52/cwt145.00–165.002,0515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361125.91/cwt120.00–129.001,71410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550153.82/cwt150.00–157.502,3842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600136.02/cwt130.00–143.002,1766
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-31,1401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2710650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28501,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29101,498.63/head1,375.00–1,600.001,4992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0141,800.81/head1,325.00–2,025.001,8015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,685.00/head1,685.00–1,685.001,6852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0932,334.12/head1,850.00–2,525.002,3346
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,912.78/head1,325.00–2,325.001,91310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1811,753.62/head1,325.00–2,000.001,75410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2092,580.64/head2,200.00–3,025.002,5814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2721,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3221,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3882,068.86/head1,960.00–2,150.002,0692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28051,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,7601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28601,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29901,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,960.00/head1,960.00–1,960.001,9601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,0552,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1451,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,961.96/head1,900.00–2,025.001,9622
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1972,185.86/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1863
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2560775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2585794.23/head675.00–900.007942
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2640985.00/head985.00–985.009851
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27101,405.60/head1,075.00–1,650.001,4065
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29101,905.45/head1,800.00–2,075.001,9053
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0802,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-27081,011.50/head985.00–1,035.001,0122
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27701,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38151,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29871,487.17/head1,100.00–1,800.001,4877
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001

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.