Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2020-05-14

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, May 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
634 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 630▲ 634 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Moderate to good demand noted for all feeder classes today with active trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.81/cwt on 325 head.
Average price
$135.81
325 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2626136.65856305
Small and Medium 1-2443129.505732thin
Medium and Large 2-3484122.3059218thin
One grade step is worth $14.35/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale325 hd
135.81
—
KY average28 barns · 6,870 hd
130.06
+5.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11048.505382thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96042.004033thin

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3277142.50/cwt142.50–142.503952
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390162.97/cwt159.00–165.006363
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3432122.95/cwt122.00–127.005315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442144.03/cwt140.00–146.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy443161.18/cwt157.00–164.0071416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467150.38/cwt145.00–156.0070222
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3483120.77/cwt117.00–122.005834
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2485134.00/cwt134.00–134.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510152.65/cwt149.00–155.0077919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516138.46/cwt130.00–145.0071416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577145.75/cwt143.00–151.0084155
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3583121.02/cwt117.00–125.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584136.94/cwt134.00–141.008009
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625139.82/cwt134.00–143.0087419
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3631106.50/cwt106.50–106.506723
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3680122.00/cwt122.00–122.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685129.74/cwt125.00–138.0088968
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712128.50/cwt128.50–128.5091535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720125.27/cwt115.00–128.0090211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767116.47/cwt113.00–119.508936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-283097.30/cwt96.00–100.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2874109.26/cwt106.50–110.0095517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2971101.00/cwt101.00–101.009813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315123.33/cwt118.00–129.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368126.72/cwt125.00–129.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388140.54/cwt137.00–147.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy396150.00/cwt150.00–150.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433137.37/cwt134.00–140.0059514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472129.61/cwt120.00–134.0061215
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521123.95/cwt118.00–128.0064627
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2525107.00/cwt107.00–107.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3545109.69/cwt105.00–112.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581120.38/cwt115.00–124.0069935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3598110.00/cwt110.00–110.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621117.20/cwt112.00–123.0072824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640103.50/cwt103.50–103.506623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full64095.00/cwt95.00–95.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675112.80/cwt107.00–116.0076121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695103.79/cwt100.00–104.507217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713118.50/cwt118.50–118.5084532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724104.46/cwt100.00–107.5075619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758103.99/cwt100.00–108.007882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open786114.00/cwt114.00–114.008966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823102.99/cwt100.00–104.008484
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428150.46/cwt147.00–155.006443
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2504140.56/cwt130.00–143.007088
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570130.17/cwt129.00–131.0074212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618122.71/cwt120.00–124.007583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657124.00/cwt124.00–124.008152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725108.66/cwt105.00–114.007883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750101.00/cwt101.00–101.007581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283591.51/cwt90.00–93.007642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80034.00/cwt34.00–34.002721
Cows—Lean 85-90%93040.50/cwt40.50–40.503771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05046.50/cwt46.50–46.504881
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15051.50/cwt51.50–51.505921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17050.50/cwt50.50–50.505911

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.