Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2023-12-14

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Dec 14
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,064 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 823▲ 641 vs year ago 423 · +151.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Heavy offering on feeder classes today. Preconditioned feeders saw the strongest demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $213.47/cwt on 600 head.
Average price
$213.47
600 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$560
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$49.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.77
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2736214.721,581578
Medium and Large 2617191.451,18113thin
Medium and Large 2-3618165.271,0219thin
One grade step is worth $49.45/cwt here — about $560 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 sale600 hd
213.47
—
KY average27 barns · 6,107 hd
219.25
−5.77
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
Bulls—Low2,090105.502,2051thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73088.001,5221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,47083.001,2201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01569.117012thin

Every lot

81 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315290.00/cwt290.00–290.009141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328276.31/cwt273.00–280.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440270.66/cwt261.00–272.001,1918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0282
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460158.76/cwt157.50–160.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3732
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520172.50/cwt172.50–172.508972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531238.28/cwt231.00–240.001,26512
Steers—Medium and Large 2533206.23/cwt202.50–210.001,0992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3634
Steers—Medium and Large 2568203.23/cwt200.00–210.001,1543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582234.09/cwt221.00–240.001,36235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624235.53/cwt234.50–237.001,47011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625217.94/cwt209.00–223.001,36213
Steers—Medium and Large 2635182.28/cwt180.00–194.001,1576
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3656168.31/cwt165.00–170.001,1043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673214.26/cwt200.00–218.001,44222
Steers—Medium and Large 2695193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714204.34/cwt190.00–210.001,45941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725216.24/cwt212.00–219.001,568136
Steers—Medium and Large 2745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781214.04/cwt209.00–216.501,672130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782193.31/cwt187.00–200.001,51213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805213.25/cwt213.25–213.251,71766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817191.36/cwt180.00–196.001,56328
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3817160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861180.99/cwt180.00–184.001,5584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,86214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,005185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,85912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,023163.89/cwt149.00–169.001,6774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332215.97/cwt212.50–218.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380215.75/cwt212.00–220.008203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433218.56/cwt205.00–225.0094612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473220.26/cwt206.00–227.001,04224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473200.32/cwt200.00–201.009483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519215.02/cwt212.00–219.501,11617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527201.17/cwt194.00–211.001,06013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3527166.00/cwt166.00–166.008752
Heifers—Medium 1-2537172.00/cwt172.00–172.009242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550172.00/cwt172.00–172.009461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569210.46/cwt207.00–213.001,19825
Heifers—Medium 1-2570135.00/cwt135.00–135.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572201.84/cwt193.00–210.001,15520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582185.43/cwt181.00–189.001,07911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626205.25/cwt201.00–206.001,28551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638184.41/cwt179.00–191.001,17710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661197.08/cwt190.00–199.751,30332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670172.82/cwt168.50–189.001,15840
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680143.00/cwt143.00–143.009723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709188.65/cwt186.00–191.001,3386
Heifers—Large 1-2730135.00/cwt135.00–135.009861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735176.54/cwt168.00–180.901,29814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768162.84/cwt154.00–170.001,2517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769187.36/cwt180.00–189.501,44150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2824151.99/cwt150.00–153.001,2523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2863166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,43310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,055138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,4561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290247.50/cwt247.50–247.507181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360205.00/cwt205.00–205.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429228.56/cwt227.00–230.009814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483229.32/cwt229.00–230.001,1083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2556200.63/cwt200.00–202.501,1168
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2651180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655122.50/cwt122.50–122.508021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2711150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2759170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,29021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,090105.50/cwt105.50–105.502,2051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01569.11/cwt67.00–71.007012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5221

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.