Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-04-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Apr 11
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
302 head
▼ 359 vs last sale 661▼ 355 vs year ago 657 · −54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.60/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −153.42 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$286.60
30 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.66
vs KY average
−18.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560288.681,61728
Medium and Large 2-3550257.501,4162thin
One grade step is worth $31.18/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd
286.60
—
KY average25 barns · 1,085 hd
294.26
−7.66
National average170 barns · 11,306 hd
305.47
−18.87
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−153.42
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

14 sales
504443383322median 440.0203/1204/2307/2309/1010/22
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.30, low $335.84, median $440.02 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy391336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,3143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420241.68/cwt205.00–277.501,0152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428297.33/cwt287.50–308.001,2732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455292.50/cwt290.00–295.001,3312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463317.84/cwt315.00–319.001,4727
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2991
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522284.70/cwt280.00–293.001,4866
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4162
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572296.87/cwt293.00–301.001,6988
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580281.65/cwt273.00–289.001,63412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620263.44/cwt255.00–274.001,63315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682262.26/cwt255.00–264.001,78911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712256.07/cwt252.00–259.001,82314
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735244.03/cwt240.00–245.001,7947
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6501
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4591
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,85219
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265301.00/cwt301.00–301.007981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374299.19/cwt295.00–300.001,1196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425301.29/cwt300.00–303.001,28015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432231.72/cwt225.00–245.001,0013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433291.95/cwt287.50–294.001,2643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480279.68/cwt266.00–285.001,34220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571244.96/cwt235.00–255.001,39917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3602190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621244.01/cwt241.00–248.001,5159
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5952
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4903
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720218.75/cwt215.00–220.001,57512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265362.50/cwt362.50–362.509611
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,0141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,4172
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6134
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5651
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7391

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.