Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2026-08-13

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Aug 13
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 356▲ 407 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $400.27/cwt on 22 head, down $34.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −39.75 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$400.27
▼ 34.48 vs prior sale
22 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.69
vs KY average
−1.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553405.782,24519thin
Medium and Large 2-3565365.332,0643thin
One grade step is worth $40.45/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale22 hd
400.27
—
KY average24 barns · 585 hd
431.96
−31.69
National average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
−1.56
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−39.75
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.

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—Average1,490211.003,1441thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,8931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,9011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462421.55/cwt417.00–424.001,9483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485362.47/cwt360.00–365.001,7582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,2063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504428.93/cwt420.00–432.002,1624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524406.25/cwt400.00–412.002,1294
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,9901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578383.73/cwt368.00–391.002,2185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,1002
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585408.41/cwt400.00–410.002,3896
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3611314.99/cwt310.00–325.001,9253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,3812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625364.95/cwt360.00–370.002,2813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667357.08/cwt354.00–375.002,3828
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668330.32/cwt322.00–344.002,2073
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5574
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713334.49/cwt334.00–335.002,3852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736359.98/cwt355.00–361.002,64941
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,76121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795335.47/cwt320.00–340.002,6679
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831318.32/cwt310.00–327.002,6456
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added847340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,88061
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865335.49/cwt335.00–335.502,90264
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added911325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,96110
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,9652
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,023287.59/cwt275.00–300.002,9422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373406.91/cwt405.00–409.001,5182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435398.15/cwt383.00–402.001,7326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476395.74/cwt380.00–405.001,8848
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524390.09/cwt387.00–394.002,04412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528379.46/cwt367.00–385.002,0049
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1372
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570328.89/cwt321.00–340.001,8753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571360.38/cwt354.00–367.502,0587
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,1435
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625334.48/cwt320.00–340.002,0914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681336.70/cwt336.50–338.002,29322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689323.22/cwt316.00–330.002,2278
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3532
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811310.03/cwt300.00–316.002,51412
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy820245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0091
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355492.00/cwt492.00–492.001,7471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2412442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8232
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,8331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,8141
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0823
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,1131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2811
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3535255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,490211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,1441

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.