Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-06-12

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jun 12
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
776 head
▲ 286 vs last sale 490▼ 90 vs year ago 866 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was good demand for all classes of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.76/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −52.25 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$387.76
60 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.49
vs KY average
+6.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534398.612,12849
Medium and Large 2575341.261,9647thin
Medium and Large 2-3535336.251,7974thin
One grade step is worth $62.36/cwt here — about $330 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 sale60 hd
387.76
—
KY average23 barns · 946 hd
380.28
+7.49
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+6.75
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−52.25
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—High1,253172.002,1542thin

Every lot

73 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3341335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1422
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377435.11/cwt430.00–445.001,6403
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy382480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8345
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430403.37/cwt400.00–420.001,7346
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5041
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0217
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477389.61/cwt378.00–395.001,8589
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478359.34/cwt359.00–360.001,7183
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,7801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511412.90/cwt405.00–415.002,11024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3516345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7803
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547389.90/cwt372.50–393.002,13318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568360.06/cwt355.00–370.002,0453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,2294
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588338.80/cwt332.50–340.001,9926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618336.38/cwt330.00–350.002,0798
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,26447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646317.47/cwt313.00–318.002,0519
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3004
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684336.99/cwt323.00–341.002,30522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709335.11/cwt327.00–338.002,376104
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1743
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2746279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761318.22/cwt308.00–318.502,42237
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,48970
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1601
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,3591
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,62417
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,4886
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,095229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,5081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331393.75/cwt392.50–395.001,3034
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,2692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372393.73/cwt385.00–397.501,4654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,4161
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433375.88/cwt370.00–387.501,6289
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,73810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470347.17/cwt347.00–347.501,6323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474365.13/cwt355.00–370.001,7314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,5901
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527376.25/cwt375.00–376.501,98324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528352.17/cwt340.00–358.001,85918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2557300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573342.04/cwt330.00–347.001,96020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,96520
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612330.20/cwt324.00–331.002,02153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619315.78/cwt307.00–320.001,95515
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670314.77/cwt313.00–315.002,10969
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3671251.78/cwt250.00–252.001,6899
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691282.05/cwt270.00–288.001,9494
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9141
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1391
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754292.44/cwt290.00–294.002,20523
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,0203
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785236.08/cwt230.00–238.001,8534
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,30711
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5703
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5551
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0082
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——950139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3211
Bulls——1,555205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,1881

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.