Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2026-09-10

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
▲ 430 vs last sale 37▼ 301 vs year ago 768 · −39.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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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 $373.30/cwt on 38 head, up $37.46 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −66.72 against this barn's trailing median of $440.02.
Average price
$373.30
▲ 37.46 vs prior sale
38 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$66.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.31
vs KY average
−17.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549377.532,07335
Medium and Large 2-3555330.411,8342thin
Large 1-2585311.001,8191thin
One grade step is worth $66.53/cwt here — about $253 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 sale38 hd
373.30
—
KY average17 barns · 491 hd
389.61
−16.31
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
−17.29
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.02
−66.72
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
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175219.002,5731thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343465.99/cwt465.00–467.001,5982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,7261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,9803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518389.42/cwt388.00–391.002,01715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531369.79/cwt365.00–371.001,9645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555330.41/cwt321.00–340.001,8342
Steers550–600Large 1-2585311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8191
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586368.22/cwt356.00–370.002,15815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612340.65/cwt333.00–352.002,08518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3006
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676338.14/cwt330.00–352.002,28617
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,45331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731345.20/cwt344.00–345.502,52315
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740323.35/cwt318.00–326.002,3933
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770322.71/cwt310.00–328.002,48510
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783330.42/cwt330.00–337.002,58716
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829316.49/cwt310.00–323.002,6247
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2170505.00/cwt505.00–505.008591
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy238472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,1233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381403.25/cwt392.50–412.001,5366
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481350.21/cwt346.00–362.001,6856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534331.41/cwt324.00–338.001,7708
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538351.99/cwt346.00–355.001,8946
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568348.68/cwt347.50–349.001,98114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572333.49/cwt320.00–339.001,90813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607324.31/cwt317.00–328.001,9693
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617335.48/cwt334.00–338.002,0708
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5801
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659326.22/cwt315.00–330.002,15011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667342.19/cwt339.00–349.002,28250
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719299.62/cwt293.00–304.002,1545
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7331
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,6901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3561313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7563
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568321.30/cwt318.00–323.001,8253
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628314.32/cwt300.00–317.501,97411
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672302.34/cwt300.00–307.002,0323
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1471
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3771255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9665
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3Value Added952254.75/cwt254.75–254.752,425112
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,175219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,5731

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.