Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-01-09

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jan 9
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
▼ 301 vs last sale 853▲ 139 vs year ago 413 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 3 vs year ago 5 · −60.0%
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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 $303.04/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −136.98 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$303.04
46 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.11
vs KY average
−39.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533309.411,64937
Medium and Large 2548286.081,5686thin
Medium and Large 2-3538258.331,3903thin
One grade step is worth $51.08/cwt here — about $259 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 sale46 hd
303.04
—
KY average11 barns · 370 hd
308.15
−5.11
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
−39.04
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−136.98
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—Average1,900137.002,6031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40097.001,3581thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy240411.00/cwt411.00–411.009862
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,3231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335328.86/cwt325.00–332.501,1022
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358356.38/cwt350.00–362.501,2762
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378397.10/cwt394.00–400.001,5012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432316.64/cwt310.00–322.001,3688
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440345.76/cwt345.00–350.001,5216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy451356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,6066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477327.37/cwt320.00–335.001,5626
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481307.95/cwt306.00–312.001,4814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521311.37/cwt299.00–318.001,62224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528291.32/cwt290.00–294.001,5383
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568280.84/cwt280.00–282.501,5953
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576295.04/cwt292.00–300.001,6999
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628291.44/cwt282.50–295.001,83045
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673278.54/cwt270.00–284.001,87518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686261.75/cwt260.00–267.001,7964
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727264.03/cwt250.00–266.001,9198
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755267.19/cwt264.00–268.752,01794
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778250.51/cwt240.00–257.001,9499
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7091
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8041
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0672
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8081
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0942
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added907255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,31362
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2974215.99/cwt215.00–217.002,10410
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,095198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008551
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295278.00/cwt278.00–278.008201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,1356
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363323.57/cwt320.00–327.001,1752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378280.02/cwt277.50–282.501,0582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432319.62/cwt318.00–322.001,38112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,5041
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468306.13/cwt304.00–308.001,43313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477271.01/cwt270.00–274.001,2934
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4788
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522281.17/cwt275.00–287.501,46819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3861
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568271.72/cwt261.00–278.501,54331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618249.79/cwt245.00–254.501,5447
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1991
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672254.14/cwt243.00–258.001,70825
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8872
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807232.86/cwt223.00–239.501,8795
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,96011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6676
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,900137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,6031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3581

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.