Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-10-24

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Oct 24
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
687 head
▲ 385 vs last sale 302▲ 402 vs year ago 285 · +141.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 1 · +400.0%
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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 $268.49/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −171.53 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$268.49
89 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.64
vs KY average
−30.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563272.601,53474
Medium and Large 2586251.871,47612thin
Medium and Large 2-3547233.671,2773thin
One grade step is worth $38.93/cwt here — about $257 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 sale89 hd
268.49
—
KY average26 barns · 1,293 hd
273.13
−4.64
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−30.55
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−171.53
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,265110.741,4014thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,495104.001,5551thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278325.05/cwt320.00–330.009042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2346294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0175
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1269
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2947
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2547
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458248.69/cwt237.00–260.001,1392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465300.58/cwt300.00–301.001,39822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483277.68/cwt275.00–287.001,34123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530272.01/cwt261.00–279.001,44210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568272.69/cwt262.00–275.501,54964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2586251.87/cwt250.00–255.001,47612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620248.55/cwt243.00–255.001,54130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3632238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665231.96/cwt230.00–236.001,5437
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684256.41/cwt253.00–257.001,75459
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3704219.00/cwt218.00–220.001,5424
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729235.79/cwt230.00–244.001,71918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added747247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,84552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6791
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805235.01/cwt215.00–236.001,89221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855224.50/cwt221.00–228.001,9192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225277.50/cwt277.50–277.506241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333247.52/cwt240.00–253.008246
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335202.50/cwt202.50–202.506781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357252.50/cwt252.50–252.509012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409244.18/cwt241.00–257.509996
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476243.12/cwt240.00–252.001,15710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1271
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,28343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3531224.36/cwt223.00–225.001,1913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534239.00/cwt235.00–244.001,27618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569234.64/cwt231.00–245.001,33547
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575223.98/cwt220.00–226.001,2883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6018
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645234.58/cwt234.50–238.001,51344
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673207.49/cwt207.00–208.001,3962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3944
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,62321
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740200.74/cwt197.00–206.001,4858
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757203.07/cwt201.00–210.001,53714
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,72319
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,0364
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1121
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3053
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2071
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,2861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268113.48/cwt107.50–116.501,4393
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5551

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.