Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-09-12

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 12
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▲ 306 vs last sale 263▼ 445 vs year ago 1,014 · −43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 1▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $243.92/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −196.09 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$243.92
33 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.05
vs KY average
−24.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565250.851,41724
Medium and Large 2528235.001,2413thin
Medium and Large 2-3572220.671,2626thin
One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $155 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 sale33 hd
243.92
—
KY average24 barns · 1,103 hd
262.97
−19.05
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−24.28
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−196.09
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.

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—Low1,375142.771,9632thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low887100.058873thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,104180.001,9874thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3290215.00/cwt215.00–215.006241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335235.00/cwt235.00–235.007871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,1581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471264.50/cwt260.00–269.001,2466
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0771
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521251.35/cwt250.00–252.501,3106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4632
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1452
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585247.96/cwt242.00–265.001,45116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3588225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4236
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668248.33/cwt245.00–250.001,65921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,7317
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719230.86/cwt220.00–238.001,6608
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7522
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,91637
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,8698
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870237.25/cwt237.25–237.252,06462
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,97121
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9571
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added989218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,15653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230252.50/cwt252.50–252.505811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255244.80/cwt235.00–255.006242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343243.14/cwt230.00–252.508345
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375205.00/cwt205.00–205.007691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378245.00/cwt245.00–245.009263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433243.46/cwt240.00–252.001,0546
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455217.50/cwt217.50–217.509901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472236.04/cwt229.00–243.001,1146
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509242.21/cwt240.00–244.501,2338
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521232.44/cwt218.00–238.001,21114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565194.87/cwt190.00–200.001,1012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577234.10/cwt221.00–237.501,35136
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614219.30/cwt205.00–223.501,3479
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624230.26/cwt229.50–232.001,4378
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3643188.98/cwt185.00–193.001,2152
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682217.81/cwt205.00–224.001,4856
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687228.32/cwt228.25–230.001,56925
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,70511
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,7071
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added858218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,87563
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3957160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3242232.50/cwt232.50–232.505632
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2245267.50/cwt267.50–267.506551
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265262.50/cwt262.50–262.506961
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324250.81/cwt250.00–251.008135
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365231.00/cwt231.00–231.008431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430222.90/cwt220.00–226.009582
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3432210.00/cwt210.00–210.009072
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1472
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3468211.73/cwt210.00–215.009913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy494263.59/cwt252.50–267.001,30210
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy521252.95/cwt250.00–256.001,3185
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527244.15/cwt242.50–245.001,2873
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2567234.97/cwt222.00–242.501,3326
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2609211.90/cwt204.00–223.001,2905
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4611
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2242
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,104180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,375142.77/cwt142.00–144.001,9632
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85390.08/cwt80.00–98.007682
Cows—Lean 85-90%955120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1461

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.