Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-09-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 11
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
768 head
▲ 309 vs last sale 459▲ 199 vs year ago 569 · +35.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 7 vs year ago 9 · −77.8%
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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 $363.02/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −76.99 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$363.02
57 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$31.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.72
vs KY average
−50.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574368.502,11447
Medium and Large 2556337.281,87510thin
One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $239 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 sale57 hd
363.02
—
KY average23 barns · 1,229 hd
393.74
−30.72
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−50.50
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−76.99
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
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285250.003,2131thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,7413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy434427.94/cwt420.00–442.001,8574
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435407.50/cwt405.00–410.001,7732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477394.43/cwt385.00–407.501,88116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528331.69/cwt325.00–345.001,7513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536374.27/cwt370.00–377.502,0069
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568339.67/cwt333.00–347.501,9297
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,2899
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583358.80/cwt355.00–370.002,09229
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617340.66/cwt340.00–341.002,1023
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668341.42/cwt340.00–342.002,2817
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678325.52/cwt321.00–330.002,2072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added686360.49/cwt359.00–372.502,47353
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,71513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,6685
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added843354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,98460
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added858341.75/cwt341.75–341.752,93218
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8386
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added907342.50/cwt342.50–342.503,10648
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added976325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,17253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320353.31/cwt350.00–355.001,1313
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3741
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372379.12/cwt370.00–390.001,4106
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415390.05/cwt383.00–402.001,6194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4792
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444361.95/cwt350.00–379.001,60710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478340.61/cwt325.00–345.001,6288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480371.85/cwt355.00–379.001,78518
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485383.92/cwt380.00–389.001,86213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529383.61/cwt376.00–385.502,02919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8943
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552378.50/cwt378.50–378.502,08922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565324.19/cwt320.00–326.001,8325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571335.21/cwt330.00–350.001,9148
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623319.16/cwt311.00–325.501,9884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9371
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665353.97/cwt351.00–356.002,354130
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9291
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added798338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,70168
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2273399.36/cwt390.00–410.001,0902
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4524
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy412421.87/cwt420.00–431.001,7386
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3412315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2982
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445343.75/cwt342.50–345.001,5302
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3483329.68/cwt310.00–335.001,5926
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487356.58/cwt350.00–370.001,7373
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2542342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8562
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575331.45/cwt320.00–342.001,9069
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8571
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620290.55/cwt285.00–292.001,8015
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623320.10/cwt315.00–325.001,9942
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1514
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750302.50/cwt298.00–307.002,2692
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,0001
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,036199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,0673
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,285250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,2131

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.