Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2022-12-08

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Dec 8
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
▼ 466 vs last sale 889▼ 319 vs year ago 742 · −43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 18▼ 9 vs year ago 13 · −69.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good quality offering on all classes of feeder calves. Good demand on all feeder classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.65/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$161.65
172 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$421
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$18.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.13
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2739162.691,202159
Medium and Large 2-3505151.757678thin
Medium 1-2541144.407815thin
One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $421 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 sale172 hd
161.65
—
KY average25 barns · 9,224 hd
169.78
−8.13
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%Low1,33559.007881thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49552.007771thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low94048.504562thin

Every lot

60 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 1-2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005422
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3351160.00/cwt160.00–160.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446175.00/cwt172.50–176.007817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487191.00/cwt191.00–191.009302
Steers—Medium 1-2490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505167.00/cwt167.00–167.008431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527192.39/cwt190.00–193.001,0145
Steers—Medium 1-2530144.00/cwt144.00–144.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565173.00/cwt173.00–173.009773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574154.49/cwt150.00–160.0088710
Steers—Medium 1-2577147.00/cwt147.00–147.008482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616154.08/cwt148.00–163.0094911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0662
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3637140.00/cwt140.00–140.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676161.41/cwt152.00–166.001,09117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730148.29/cwt146.00–159.001,0837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765151.81/cwt147.00–153.001,16111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3795132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826141.78/cwt133.00–147.001,1714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862150.48/cwt148.00–153.001,29714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,44558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220170.50/cwt170.50–170.503753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359161.23/cwt155.00–165.005795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436152.33/cwt150.00–157.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479153.25/cwt150.00–155.007349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515147.70/cwt141.00–153.0076119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3518135.00/cwt135.00–135.006992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582146.31/cwt140.00–154.0085214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3598132.00/cwt132.00–132.007893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615148.33/cwt140.00–151.5091221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677143.87/cwt130.00–146.0097415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719128.14/cwt120.00–130.0092111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723146.54/cwt144.50–151.001,05929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773123.77/cwt120.00–130.009574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3802110.66/cwt106.00–113.008873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2831130.43/cwt128.00–135.001,0847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2965111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270180.00/cwt180.00–180.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360182.50/cwt182.50–182.506571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2403163.99/cwt162.00–167.006615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2496162.23/cwt160.00–172.508059
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2543156.50/cwt156.00–157.008502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550132.00/cwt132.00–132.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589151.09/cwt148.00–155.0089016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628145.18/cwt140.00–149.0091214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2671140.20/cwt131.00–144.009417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2748125.00/cwt125.00–125.009356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758127.00/cwt127.00–127.009638
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91060.00/cwt60.00–60.005461
Cows—Lean 85-90%97037.00/cwt37.00–37.003591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33559.00/cwt59.00–59.007881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49552.00/cwt52.00–52.007771

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.