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Glasgow Livestock Auction

Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jan 8

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229

← Dec 11Jan 8Jan 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,521 head

▲ 902 vs last sale 619▲ 969 vs year ago 552 · +175.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 1 vs year ago 2 · −50.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.01/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −16.00 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.

Average price

$424.01

121 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$472

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

$74.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs KY average

−42.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	431.14	2,399	105
Medium and Large 2	545	381.97	2,082	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	356.64	1,927	3thin

One grade step is worth $74.50/cwt here — about $472 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 sale121 hd

424.01

—

KY average24 barns · 1,509 hd

422.34

+1.67

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−42.32

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.02

−16.00

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	840	112.00	941	1thin

Every lot

93 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	220	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,320	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,354	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	295	540.00/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,593	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	298	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,311	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	372	544.37/cwt	540.00–557.00	2,025	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	408.32/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,519	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	447.85/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,693	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	389	507.64/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,975	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	422	483.70/cwt	450.00–512.00	2,041	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	413.31/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,748	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	473	462.85/cwt	440.00–495.00	2,189	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	411.69/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,947	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	397.23/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,046	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	454.38/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,385	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	358.71/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,894	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	426.92/cwt	417.50–438.00	2,288	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	437.29/cwt	415.00–453.00	2,484	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	377.06/cwt	371.00–400.00	2,187	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	364.16/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,112	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	392.39/cwt	381.00–411.00	2,441	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	372.98/cwt	362.00–379.00	2,361	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	349.53/cwt	345.00–353.00	2,317	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	672	329.83/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,216	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	673	384.98/cwt	384.50–387.00	2,591	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	371.54/cwt	355.00–379.50	2,512	109
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	365.93/cwt	363.00–369.00	2,609	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	722	305.43/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,205	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	350.31/cwt	330.00–358.00	2,568	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	338.30/cwt	327.00–343.00	2,615	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	782	349.14/cwt	347.50–356.00	2,730	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	318.67/cwt	310.00–326.00	2,629	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	828	339.16/cwt	333.00–341.00	2,808	106
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,857	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	860	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,365	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	322.90/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,832	54
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	311.99/cwt	297.00–314.00	2,905	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	291.61/cwt	284.00–307.00	2,852	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	285	378.73/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,079	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	342	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,616	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	358.76/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,292	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	370	465.58/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,723	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	432.92/cwt	420.00–439.00	1,684	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	407.63/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,708	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	448.21/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,882	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	353.38/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,548	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	428.13/cwt	410.00–452.00	2,004	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	344.95/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,639	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	370.70/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,772	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	401.29/cwt	386.00–408.00	1,978	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	506	414.53/cwt	412.00–418.00	2,098	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	389.25/cwt	376.00–399.00	2,028	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	363.91/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,914	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	556	388.78/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,162	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	579	325.35/cwt	317.50–329.00	1,884	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	364.07/cwt	352.50–375.00	2,112	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	340.90/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,022	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	352.39/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,174	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	306.61/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,916	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	338.29/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,155	87
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,070	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	663	298.21/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,977	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	334.50/cwt	322.00–338.50	2,265	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	274.73/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,964	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	328.82/cwt	328.00–329.50	2,381	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	318.37/cwt	307.00–325.00	2,321	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	779	324.91/cwt	324.50–328.00	2,531	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	805	261.32/cwt	250.00–272.50	2,104	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	297.49/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,422	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	865	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,266	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	281.33/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,484	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,423	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,420	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	398.89/cwt	387.50–410.00	1,635	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,891	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,934	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	347.03/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,954	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,351	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	941	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 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,521Last week 619Year ago 552

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	377.50–380.00	378.73
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	360	340.00–385.00	358.76
3	400–450	438	340.00–360.00	353.38
3	450–500	475	340.00–350.00	344.95
1	500–550	515	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	579	317.50–329.00	325.35
3	600–650	625	300.00–310.00	306.61
6	650–700	663	285.00–309.00	298.21
8	700–750	715	265.00–283.00	274.73
2	800–850	805	250.00–272.50	261.32
1	850–900	865	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	478	360.00–380.00	370.70
10	500–550	526	355.00–370.00	363.91
8	550–600	593	336.00–343.00	340.90
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	657	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	412.00–418.00	414.53
14	550–600	556	386.00–391.00	388.78
36	600–650	617	350.00–355.00	352.39
57	700–750	724	328.00–329.50	328.82
75	750–800	779	324.50–328.00	324.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	389	420.00–439.00	432.92
10	400–450	419	395.00–415.00	407.63
24	450–500	493	386.00–408.00	401.29
27	500–550	521	376.00–399.00	389.25
44	550–600	580	352.50–375.00	364.07
87	600–650	637	325.00–345.00	338.29
80	650–700	677	322.00–338.50	334.50
36	700–750	729	307.00–325.00	318.37
1	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
10	800–850	814	290.00–300.00	297.49
11	850–900	883	270.00–285.00	281.33
1	950–1000	950	255.00	255.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	342	472.50	472.50
8	350–400	370	455.00–470.00	465.58
22	400–450	420	430.00–465.00	448.21
22	450–500	468	410.00–452.00	428.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	600.00	600.00
3	250–300	295	520.00–550.00	540.00
10	350–400	389	495.00–510.00	507.64
18	400–450	422	450.00–512.00	483.70
72	450–500	473	440.00–495.00	462.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	350.00–367.50	358.71
1	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
3	650–700	672	320.00–335.00	329.83
3	700–750	722	300.00–316.00	305.43
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	810	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	860	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	378	440.00–455.00	447.85
3	400–450	423	410.00–420.00	413.31
8	450–500	473	400.00–427.00	411.69
8	500–550	536	417.50–438.00	426.92
17	550–600	580	371.00–400.00	377.06
34	600–650	633	362.00–379.00	372.98
109	650–700	676	355.00–379.50	371.54
53	700–750	733	330.00–358.00	350.31
30	750–800	773	327.00–343.00	338.30
3	800–850	825	310.00–326.00	318.67
54	850–900	877	310.00–330.00	322.90
21	900–950	931	297.00–314.00	311.99
5	950–1000	978	284.00–307.00	291.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	372	405.00–410.00	408.32
2	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	515	380.00–400.00	397.23
6	550–600	580	360.00–367.50	364.16
2	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
7	650–700	663	345.00–353.00	349.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	540.00–557.00	544.37
27	500–550	525	440.00–462.00	454.38
53	550–600	568	415.00–453.00	437.29
23	600–650	622	381.00–411.00	392.39
40	650–700	673	384.50–387.00	384.98
33	700–750	713	363.00–369.00	365.93
35	750–800	782	347.50–356.00	349.14
106	800–850	828	333.00–341.00	339.16
8	850–900	858	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	520	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	410	387.50–410.00	398.89
2	450–500	495	382.00	382.00
2	500–550	527	367.00	367.00
2	550–600	563	340.00–354.00	347.03
2	700–750	737	319.00	319.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	112.00	112.00

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.