Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-06-27

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jun 27
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
534 head
▼ 332 vs last sale 866▼ 199 vs year ago 733 · −27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very good demand noted for all classes and higher undertones noted for all classes of feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.04/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −136.50 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$263.04
90 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.82
vs KY average
−6.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559266.101,48877
Medium and Large 2539253.011,3647thin
Medium and Large 2-3580235.461,3666thin
One grade step is worth $30.65/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale90 hd
263.04
—
KY average26 barns · 1,568 hd
271.86
−8.82
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−6.24
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
−136.50
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.

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—Average1,745165.002,8791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35594.001,2741thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265365.00/cwt365.00–365.009671
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2358310.10/cwt305.00–315.001,1102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377336.12/cwt330.00–340.001,2673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408305.88/cwt300.00–309.001,2483
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442329.76/cwt329.00–335.001,4588
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456309.36/cwt304.00–316.001,4115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4601
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530310.23/cwt302.50–314.001,64423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572295.28/cwt287.00–300.001,68912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3576271.50/cwt271.00–272.001,5644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,6672
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6172
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618278.50/cwt275.00–293.001,72126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619300.48/cwt297.00–305.001,86032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673274.08/cwt272.50–280.001,84518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692263.77/cwt260.00–266.001,8258
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3697251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,74918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728264.90/cwt254.00–270.001,92827
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8304
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875231.72/cwt230.00–232.002,0287
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,0563
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270302.50/cwt302.50–302.508171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,0552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1203
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428292.98/cwt286.00–302.001,2549
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2364
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469277.78/cwt270.00–282.501,30322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477264.08/cwt260.00–268.001,2603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514282.06/cwt280.00–283.001,45013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531275.96/cwt262.00–279.001,46514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533255.02/cwt254.00–258.001,3595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3762
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578257.56/cwt251.00–268.001,48946
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590233.05/cwt230.00–238.001,3755
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621250.12/cwt240.00–254.001,55329
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3621228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4165
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631258.07/cwt256.50–259.001,62811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656246.87/cwt245.00–247.001,61916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680226.09/cwt225.00–228.001,53711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3687220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8375
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709233.71/cwt228.00–238.001,65719
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783218.95/cwt214.00–224.001,71410
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3800199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333329.32/cwt327.50–340.001,0977
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2231
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,3001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480303.15/cwt297.00–310.001,4556
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523305.41/cwt294.00–309.001,5974
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5531
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668238.52/cwt234.00–243.001,5932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3695223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5501
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2781219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7103
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3498185.00/cwt185.00–185.009213
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,745165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,8791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2741

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.