Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-01-04

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jan 4
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,414 head
▲ 350 vs last sale 1,064▼ 17 vs year ago 1,431 · −1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Holiday break. Strong offering of quality feeders. Good demand for 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 $235.19/cwt on 638 head.
Average price
$235.19
638 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$544
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$59.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.19
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2675236.151,593618
Medium and Large 2559222.881,2477thin
Medium 1-2573220.091,2613thin
Large 1-2572218.001,2463thin
Medium and Large 2-3594176.671,0497thin
One grade step is worth $59.48/cwt here — about $544 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 sale638 hd
235.19
—
KY average17 barns · 5,498 hd
228.00
+7.19
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%Average1,26578.049873thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01073.007371thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310290.00/cwt290.00–290.008991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy354307.49/cwt300.00–310.001,0894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379283.29/cwt270.00–290.001,0747
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417293.49/cwt288.00–300.001,22413
Steers—Medium and Large 2420252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422275.56/cwt265.00–281.001,16311
Steers—Large 1-2445252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2459273.56/cwt267.50–280.001,25610
Steers—Medium and Large 2470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy495285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514253.07/cwt240.00–260.001,3018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519276.24/cwt270.00–284.001,43452
Steers—Medium and Large 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Steers—Large 1-2535212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1371
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3558192.67/cwt180.00–205.001,0752
Steers—Medium and Large 2570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
Steers—Medium 1-2573220.09/cwt214.00–223.001,2613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,53821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583244.33/cwt235.00–255.001,42436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610250.14/cwt242.50–257.001,52645
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3623164.44/cwt157.50–171.001,0242
Steers—Medium and Large 2625194.32/cwt189.00–200.001,2152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636236.48/cwt222.50–240.001,50449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5735
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670231.18/cwt221.50–240.501,54919
Steers—Medium and Large 2685214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707213.07/cwt204.50–218.001,50614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719225.77/cwt220.00–232.251,623142
Steers—Large 1-2735189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3891
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776211.52/cwt207.00–216.001,6416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779221.34/cwt220.00–223.501,72479
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added807214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,7312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815204.32/cwt201.00–206.001,66527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added851209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,78320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873201.94/cwt195.00–205.001,76332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935190.73/cwt190.00–192.001,7838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955186.00/cwt184.00–190.001,7763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320239.40/cwt230.00–247.507663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335197.50/cwt197.50–197.506621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386241.54/cwt227.50–248.0093223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432234.75/cwt220.00–239.001,01413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy436243.06/cwt241.00–246.001,06011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy456246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,12210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478231.12/cwt224.00–237.501,10546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485214.99/cwt214.00–216.001,0432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517221.24/cwt217.50–224.001,14420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520231.91/cwt231.00–233.001,20645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582218.83/cwt209.00–225.001,27498
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588195.24/cwt192.50–198.001,1482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616216.83/cwt211.00–219.501,33635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619205.38/cwt191.00–209.501,27119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635152.50/cwt152.50–152.509681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662212.82/cwt210.00–215.501,40940
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662151.34/cwt142.50–156.001,0023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680205.72/cwt190.00–209.001,39950
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693178.74/cwt175.00–182.501,2392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720194.38/cwt189.50–198.501,40014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,50443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2747160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776189.10/cwt174.00–193.001,46780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777195.35/cwt194.00–199.001,51834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839178.51/cwt178.00–179.001,49810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2895145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910150.68/cwt149.00–154.001,3713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,038143.66/cwt143.00–145.001,4913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2353250.00/cwt250.00–250.008832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy438268.71/cwt268.00–271.001,1778
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2442220.00/cwt220.00–220.009722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500197.50/cwt197.50–197.509881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy537230.75/cwt230.00–231.001,23915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560230.80/cwt230.00–231.001,2925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585227.81/cwt227.00–228.001,3335
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy628224.65/cwt221.00–230.001,41114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2776172.33/cwt172.00–173.001,3373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2867145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01073.00/cwt73.00–73.007371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25065.00/cwt65.00–65.008131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27384.56/cwt83.00–86.501,0762

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.