Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-07-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jul 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 534▼ 623 vs year ago 962 · −64.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand for all 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 $265.53/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −134.01 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$265.53
74 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.15
vs KY average
−3.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545269.101,46663
Medium and Large 2574245.101,40811thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $58 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 sale74 hd
265.53
—
KY average23 barns · 1,403 hd
262.39
+3.15
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−3.33
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
−134.01
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,267137.501,7422thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313324.80/cwt320.00–330.001,0172
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,2752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475300.79/cwt295.00–308.001,4293
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506313.20/cwt312.00–315.001,5855
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530295.18/cwt287.50–300.001,5645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564288.66/cwt284.00–291.001,6284
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8406
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2596270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6093
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616280.30/cwt267.50–284.001,72711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631294.90/cwt294.00–299.001,86112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6702
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666279.16/cwt274.00–284.001,8595
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711262.10/cwt254.50–266.001,86417
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7102
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767252.50/cwt245.00–254.501,93719
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9961
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2924215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,99121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3286282.01/cwt280.00–289.008074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0823
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334295.00/cwt295.00–295.009856
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355289.54/cwt287.00–292.001,0282
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395253.00/cwt240.00–266.009992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409280.37/cwt275.00–289.001,1474
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467303.50/cwt303.50–303.501,41716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468233.21/cwt230.00–240.001,0913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478283.89/cwt277.00–294.001,3579
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524269.09/cwt260.00–277.001,41021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,53614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3902
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563261.41/cwt254.00–273.001,47228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581242.90/cwt240.00–248.001,4119
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3602218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635245.81/cwt235.00–250.001,56115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670240.70/cwt230.00–247.001,6137
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4801
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6417
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6881
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,72011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285337.50/cwt337.50–337.509621
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0481
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3388270.19/cwt260.00–280.001,0482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1141
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2496295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4634
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3522
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2589246.93/cwt237.50–253.001,4544
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,7422

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.