Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-04-24

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Apr 24
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 181▼ 77 vs year ago 297 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $321.98/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −77.56 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$321.98
24 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$50.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.22
vs KY average
−7.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541325.211,76122
Medium and Large 2530298.001,5791thin
Medium and Large 2-3575275.001,5811thin
One grade step is worth $50.21/cwt here — about $180 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 sale24 hd
321.98
—
KY average26 barns · 1,346 hd
322.20
−0.22
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−7.97
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
−77.56
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average940132.961,2502thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2356432.35/cwt425.00–436.001,5393
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426409.05/cwt402.50–414.001,74311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7903
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7891
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514364.68/cwt363.00–371.001,8745
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515387.37/cwt384.00–394.001,9953
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7452
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9675
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3603222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3393
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615337.51/cwt330.00–348.002,07615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721307.00/cwt304.00–310.002,2134
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765296.39/cwt280.00–305.002,2673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1524
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340377.57/cwt372.50–380.001,2843
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2242
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3357337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5167
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382384.91/cwt380.00–390.001,4705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408368.04/cwt366.00–370.001,5022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415332.33/cwt327.00–335.001,3793
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428350.79/cwt345.00–357.501,5018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461325.65/cwt325.00–326.001,5013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473358.50/cwt358.00–359.001,69610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478338.89/cwt333.00–347.501,62012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523335.46/cwt334.00–337.501,7547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530326.42/cwt316.00–331.001,7306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,5791
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561319.41/cwt318.00–320.001,7927
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7502
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9225
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616308.20/cwt304.00–310.001,8995
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687292.60/cwt292.50–293.002,0105
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,8665
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1861
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370420.72/cwt412.50–422.501,5576
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430395.86/cwt390.00–400.001,7023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5291
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458357.84/cwt357.00–361.001,6395
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528328.72/cwt322.50–335.001,7362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3375257.50/cwt257.50–257.509662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940132.96/cwt132.00–134.001,2502

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.