Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2026-07-09

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jul 9
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
35 head
▼ 527 vs last sale 562▼ 413 vs year ago 448 · −92.2%
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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 $419.44/cwt on 12 head, up $2.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +19.90 against this barn's trailing median of $399.54.
Average price
$419.44
▲ 2.13 vs prior sale
12 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.49
vs KY average
+3.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542421.672,28511thin
Medium and Large 2-3540395.002,1331thin
One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale12 hd
419.44
—
KY average23 barns · 1,193 hd
416.95
+2.49
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
+3.33
This barn, trailing median14 sales
399.54
+19.90
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.

Every lot

19 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521447.26/cwt435.00–465.002,3305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,4181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,6592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3245395.00/cwt395.00–395.009681
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368457.45/cwt455.00–460.001,6832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535405.21/cwt403.00–407.502,1682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540429.13/cwt429.00–430.002,3177
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,2872
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2241
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1451

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.