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Glasgow Livestock Auction

Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Aug 27

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229

← Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10 →

Receipts

37 head

▼ 370 vs last sale 407▼ 422 vs year ago 459 · −91.9%

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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 $335.84/cwt on 12 head, down $64.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −104.18 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.

Average price

$335.84

▼ 64.43 vs prior sale

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.81

vs KY average

−35.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	342.50	1,911	8thin
Large 1-2	570	325.00	1,853	2thin
Medium and Large 2	550	320.00	1,760	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $151 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 sale12 hd

335.84

—

KY average25 barns · 506 hd

378.64

−42.81

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−35.17

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.02

−104.18

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.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,645	2
Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	2
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	341.67/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,961	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,069	2
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	307.50/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,153	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	396.67/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,527	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,761	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,959	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	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 Aug 27, 2026

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

Receipts 37Last week 407Year ago 459

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	700	305.00–310.00	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
6	550–600	574	340.00–350.00	341.67
2	600–650	613	335.00–340.00	337.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	385	395.00–400.00	396.67
1	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	630	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	450	380.00	380.00

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.