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Glasgow Livestock Auction

Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jan 23

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229

← Jan 9Jan 23Feb 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

960 head

▲ 408 vs last sale 552▲ 48 vs year ago 912 · +5.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Higher undertones noted with good to very good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.71/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −109.83 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.

Average price

$289.71

159 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$43.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.09

vs KY average

−14.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	291.70	1,602	149
Medium and Large 2	524	264.99	1,389	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	578	248.63	1,437	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.07/cwt here — about $165 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 sale159 hd

289.71

—

KY average26 barns · 1,829 hd

279.62

+10.09

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−14.71

This barn, trailing median14 sales

399.54

−109.83

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	144.50	1,705	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	795	80.00	636	1thin

Every lot

75 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	210	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	798	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	220	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	880	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	392.85/cwt	392.50–393.00	1,296	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,286	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,452	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	392.47/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,433	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	417	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,618	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,368	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	339.51/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,480	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,530	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	340.80/cwt	339.50–347.00	1,646	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	485	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,714	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	494	302.86/cwt	301.00–307.50	1,496	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	341.25/cwt	340.25–342.00	1,751	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	333.00/cwt	330.00–334.50	1,768	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	292.73/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,557	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,469	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,881	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	319.46/cwt	305.00–324.50	1,859	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	299.49/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,761	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	288.77/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,718	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,635	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	287.22/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,752	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,928	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	304.80/cwt	298.00–309.50	1,911	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	293.14/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,964	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	287.47/cwt	279.00–293.50	1,932	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	694	249.76/cwt	249.50–252.00	1,733	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	709	276.64/cwt	270.00–278.50	1,961	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	260.28/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,931	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	265.78/cwt	257.50–269.50	2,062	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	257.67/cwt	254.00–260.00	2,061	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,191	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	989	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	318.50/cwt	317.00–319.00	1,223	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,220	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	306.43/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,302	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	314.60/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,447	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	304.30/cwt	297.00–308.00	1,409	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,325	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	286.89/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,389	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	264.99/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,389	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	290.62/cwt	284.00–292.50	1,564	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	297.44/cwt	297.00–300.50	1,615	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	281.63/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,625	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	248.63/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,437	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	270.58/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,569	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	271.31/cwt	269.00–272.50	1,701	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	263.54/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,660	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	243.95/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,556	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	232.33/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,492	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	268.90/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,751	81
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	256.17/cwt	247.50–262.00	1,739	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,592	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	247.18/cwt	246.50–248.50	1,797	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	748	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,683	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	238.68/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,840	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,651	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	226.73/cwt	217.00–229.50	1,859	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	214.01/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,840	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,462	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,221	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	371.27/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,496	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	318.43/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,544	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	312.63/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,607	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	552	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,490	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	284.76/cwt	282.00–287.50	1,620	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,656	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	636	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,705	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)

Thu Jan 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 960Last week 552Year ago 912

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 0

Higher undertones noted with good to very good demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	355	409.00	409.00
4	400–450	417	388.00	388.00
9	450–500	485	353.50	353.50
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	380.00	380.00
3	300–350	330	392.50–393.00	392.85
2	350–400	365	390.00–395.00	392.47
5	400–450	436	336.00–350.00	339.51
6	450–500	483	339.50–347.00	340.80
18	500–550	531	330.00–334.50	333.00
33	550–600	582	305.00–324.50	319.46
64	600–650	627	298.00–309.50	304.80
34	650–700	672	279.00–293.50	287.47
21	700–750	742	254.00–268.00	260.28
42	750–800	776	257.50–269.50	265.78
3	800–850	800	254.00–260.00	257.67
1	1000–1050	1,005	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	367.50	367.50
2	400–450	417	328.00	328.00
1	450–500	465	329.00	329.00
4	500–550	532	292.00–295.00	292.73
2	550–600	588	299.00–300.00	299.49
4	600–650	610	285.00–289.00	287.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	301.00–307.50	302.86
5	500–550	538	273.00	273.00
4	550–600	595	285.00–290.00	288.77
1	600–650	600	272.50	272.50
9	650–700	694	249.50–252.00	249.76
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	513	340.25–342.00	341.25
9	550–600	565	333.00	333.00
12	600–650	616	313.00	313.00
42	650–700	670	293.00–295.00	293.14
24	700–750	709	270.00–278.50	276.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	500–550	543	297.00–300.50	297.44
22	550–600	577	280.00–284.00	281.63
67	600–650	627	269.00–272.50	271.31
81	650–700	651	265.00–269.00	268.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	341.00	341.00
4	350–400	384	317.00–319.00	318.50
9	400–450	425	300.00–318.00	306.43
9	450–500	463	297.00–308.00	304.30
35	500–550	538	284.00–292.50	290.62
10	550–600	580	261.00–277.00	270.58
55	600–650	630	250.00–265.00	263.54
30	650–700	679	247.50–262.00	256.17
17	700–750	727	246.50–248.50	247.18
25	750–800	771	235.00–241.00	238.68
20	800–850	820	217.00–229.50	226.73
2	850–900	860	212.00–216.00	214.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	460	314.00–316.00	314.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	276.00	276.00
3	550–600	578	248.00–250.00	248.63
3	600–650	642	230.00–235.00	232.33
7	650–700	692	230.00	230.00
3	700–750	748	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	775	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	294.00	294.00
11	450–500	484	285.00–289.00	286.89
7	500–550	524	264.00–266.00	264.99
2	600–650	638	240.00–248.00	243.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	403	367.50–375.00	371.27
2	450–500	485	315.00–322.00	318.43
5	500–550	514	312.00–315.00	312.63
4	550–600	569	282.00–287.50	284.76
1	600–650	640	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	657	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	313.00	313.00
1	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
2	550–600	552	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	605	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	80.00	80.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.