Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-04-25

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Apr 25
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
297 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 302▼ 121 vs year ago 418 · −28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.48/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −148.06 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$251.48
23 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.28
vs KY average
−18.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523264.021,38017thin
Medium and Large 2-3535215.981,1556thin
One grade step is worth $48.04/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale23 hd
251.48
—
KY average27 barns · 1,708 hd
261.77
−10.28
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−18.71
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
−148.06
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
443401360318median 399.5403/1204/2307/0909/1010/22
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.74, low $332.44, median $399.54 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

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,2313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4042
Steers400–450Large 1-2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,5711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515298.21/cwt295.00–300.001,5364
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530318.54/cwt310.00–323.001,6883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530270.74/cwt269.00–272.001,4354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629264.24/cwt259.00–267.501,6627
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656284.17/cwt284.00–285.001,8646
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2697246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8206
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8322
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8644
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,8811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265301.30/cwt300.00–302.507982
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325250.92/cwt235.00–280.008153
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330285.00/cwt285.00–285.009411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340297.10/cwt290.00–304.001,0102
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377304.14/cwt295.00–311.001,14711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419291.08/cwt280.00–297.001,2209
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435273.10/cwt272.50–275.001,1884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460293.98/cwt293.00–295.001,3522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463239.57/cwt220.00–257.501,1093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465279.74/cwt270.00–288.001,30117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507262.94/cwt255.00–270.001,33311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4782
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518225.21/cwt215.00–240.001,1674
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568197.52/cwt180.00–214.001,1222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569255.48/cwt253.00–258.001,4544
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2610197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2051
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619230.30/cwt220.00–238.001,4264
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629247.54/cwt247.00–250.001,55711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3661
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663233.12/cwt228.00–235.001,54611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2695199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5426
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,68553
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777207.92/cwt205.00–215.001,6165
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy940157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350242.50/cwt242.50–242.508491
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355350.66/cwt350.00–351.001,2453
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3403257.48/cwt255.00–260.001,0382
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2409315.41/cwt313.00–317.001,2905
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4055
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2594268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5927
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3900133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1971

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.