Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-12-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Dec 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
619 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 580▼ 234 vs year ago 853 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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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 $390.85/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −49.17 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$390.85
66 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$59.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.05
vs KY average
−39.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549401.492,20353
Medium and Large 2581356.392,0705thin
Medium and Large 2-3543341.861,8578thin
One grade step is worth $59.64/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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
390.85
—
KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd
396.90
−6.05
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−39.78
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−49.17
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—Average1,760183.003,2211thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,5861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy389439.58/cwt437.00–440.001,7107
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,8394
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419400.34/cwt390.00–415.001,6775
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420386.14/cwt380.00–389.001,6223
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy466433.05/cwt427.00–457.502,01811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480371.26/cwt370.00–372.501,7822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515378.63/cwt371.00–387.001,9504
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535343.79/cwt340.00–346.001,8395
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540412.13/cwt408.00–435.002,22630
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3557338.63/cwt327.00–345.001,8863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568383.31/cwt366.00–386.002,17713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572402.93/cwt400.00–406.002,3056
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591355.49/cwt349.00–360.002,1014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612342.85/cwt330.00–345.002,0987
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638356.98/cwt355.00–360.002,27810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656358.50/cwt358.50–358.502,35233
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668347.67/cwt335.00–354.002,32210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9391
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1391
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706339.69/cwt331.00–348.002,39822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737321.75/cwt314.00–324.002,3717
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1181
Steers750–800Medium 1-2775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781318.24/cwt305.00–324.002,4856
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788335.71/cwt327.00–339.502,64593
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added806326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,62833
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814316.84/cwt302.00–321.002,5796
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2864302.82/cwt295.00–310.002,6164
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,79019
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910304.62/cwt301.00–305.002,77221
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8951
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,015295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,9949
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,095240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,6281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325401.02/cwt400.00–402.001,3032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378374.37/cwt373.00–375.001,4153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy396406.10/cwt397.50–409.001,6087
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428375.85/cwt375.00–380.001,6097
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6771
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476373.38/cwt367.00–383.001,77720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510356.75/cwt356.00–357.501,8192
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525341.73/cwt337.00–351.001,7944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568316.52/cwt315.00–321.001,7984
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0069
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576336.67/cwt326.00–344.001,93928
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607332.73/cwt332.00–334.002,02011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619325.52/cwt319.00–328.002,01514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8901
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2630250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5751
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1689
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668319.74/cwt314.00–324.502,1369
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720298.01/cwt294.00–301.002,1467
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,30219
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3762289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,2024
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771306.63/cwt298.00–313.002,36431
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,6292
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846291.40/cwt289.00–295.002,4655
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,4922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3335362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,2131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718293.86/cwt280.00–305.002,1103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,760183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,2211

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.