Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2026-04-23

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Apr 23
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
188 head
▼ 354 vs last sale 542▼ 32 vs year ago 220 · −14.5%
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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 $470.77/cwt on 66 head, down $19.53 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 12 of 14 comparable sales and sits +30.75 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$470.77
▼ 19.53 vs prior sale
66 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$827
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$152.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.38
vs KY average
−8.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548474.492,59863
Medium and Large 2562428.002,4052thin
Medium and Large 2-3550322.001,7711thin
One grade step is worth $152.49/cwt here — about $827 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 sale66 hd
470.77
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KY average25 barns · 1,429 hd
471.15
−0.38
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
−8.26
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
+30.75
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.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368567.65/cwt560.00–575.002,0892
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,0741
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473524.59/cwt507.00–527.002,4818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480461.62/cwt450.00–473.002,2162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,0421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505478.30/cwt457.00–481.002,41511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526498.14/cwt492.00–517.502,62025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,7711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,4052
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585451.04/cwt449.00–457.502,63927
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604447.21/cwt436.00–450.002,70110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,5701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,7764
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368493.43/cwt490.00–497.001,8162
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,0961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477459.28/cwt450.00–462.502,1917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0056
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,28812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539418.37/cwt417.50–423.002,2559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,9991
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,0481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3655
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635353.65/cwt347.50–360.002,2462
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3716292.58/cwt290.00–300.002,0954
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3931
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759307.08/cwt306.00–310.002,33111
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,0541
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1071
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2552435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,1981
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9991
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3372
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675364.21/cwt361.00–365.002,4585
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4642
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3621

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.