Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-05-09

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, May 9
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
385 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 297▼ 96 vs year ago 481 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Strong 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 $297.64/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −142.38 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$297.64
44 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$60.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.09
vs KY average
−12.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553303.651,67839
Medium and Large 2557263.001,4652thin
Medium and Large 2-3595242.671,4443thin
One grade step is worth $60.98/cwt here — about $234 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 sale44 hd
297.64
—
KY average26 barns · 1,094 hd
300.73
−3.09
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
−12.07
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−142.38
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

67 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,1381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313336.72/cwt332.50–340.001,0543
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417335.56/cwt334.00–336.001,3997
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3691
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445257.75/cwt237.50–278.001,1472
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,5405
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534312.94/cwt312.00–319.001,67122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4652
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582288.82/cwt280.00–295.001,68114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595242.67/cwt239.00–250.001,4443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3613223.61/cwt218.00–230.001,3713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625283.99/cwt263.00–287.001,77513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8967
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677268.76/cwt253.00–278.001,82025
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712252.97/cwt240.00–258.001,80112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,90012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2726232.23/cwt230.00–239.001,6864
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775241.75/cwt240.00–249.001,87410
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803231.13/cwt222.00–232.001,85612
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3828208.34/cwt205.00–210.001,7253
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888224.04/cwt215.00–225.001,98910
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8801
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295285.00/cwt285.00–285.008411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300316.00/cwt316.00–316.009481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325289.00/cwt289.00–289.009391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371297.91/cwt290.00–307.501,1057
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1021
Heifers350–400Large 1-2397279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1082
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431256.91/cwt250.00–260.001,1073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475296.87/cwt293.00–298.001,4109
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477272.16/cwt268.00–278.001,29812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511272.99/cwt272.00–274.001,3954
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515259.69/cwt248.00–267.001,33713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528231.53/cwt225.00–238.001,2222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593250.43/cwt238.00–258.001,48510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621249.78/cwt243.00–257.501,55127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629230.12/cwt220.00–236.001,4478
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6199
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680233.57/cwt224.00–238.001,5889
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720213.78/cwt210.00–217.501,5392
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735225.26/cwt225.00–226.001,65627
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,5331
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3255262.50/cwt262.50–262.506691
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270347.50/cwt347.50–347.509381
Bulls300–350Large 1-2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395252.50/cwt250.00–255.009972
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400234.00/cwt234.00–234.009361
Bulls400–450Large 1-2445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2561
Bulls450–500Large 1-2477270.33/cwt270.00–271.001,2896
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579266.06/cwt251.00–268.501,5407
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy612268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6402
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4961
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2900170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5301

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.