Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-09-26

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 381 vs last sale 569▲ 26 vs year ago 162 · +16.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.63/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −171.91 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$227.63
51 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,231
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs KY average
−12.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541231.991,25443
Medium and Large 2-3542204.171,1078thin
One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale51 hd
227.63
—
KY average26 barns · 1,384 hd
230.48
−2.85
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−12.46
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
−171.91
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—Average1,975146.502,8931thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579242.26/cwt233.00–250.001,4036
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585268.24/cwt260.00–270.001,5698
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4281
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3667216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678231.37/cwt221.00–240.001,5694
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7534
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5683
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6431
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420235.00/cwt235.00–235.009871
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486234.47/cwt220.00–240.001,1404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3507218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521241.38/cwt235.00–244.001,25818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542227.36/cwt220.00–234.001,2329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3554199.56/cwt192.50–205.001,1066
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562224.04/cwt210.00–228.001,25916
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3606189.48/cwt180.00–199.001,1484
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630214.13/cwt205.00–223.001,34914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668221.76/cwt207.00–226.001,4815
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725213.12/cwt200.00–222.001,5456
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6942
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478241.71/cwt233.00–253.001,1553
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515243.34/cwt230.00–251.001,2536
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568235.72/cwt225.00–245.001,3399
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2606218.84/cwt210.00–221.001,3266
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy618234.55/cwt232.00–239.001,4508
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2693219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,5214
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,975146.50/cwt146.50–146.502,8931

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.