Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 23
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
134 vs last sale 269 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
44 vs last sale 131 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
102 vs last sale 164 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All feeder calves sold sharply higher on a limited test. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-7.00 higher with moderate supply and heavy demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.19/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$128.19
54 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.48
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488129.2963149
Medium and Large 2-3400117.404695thin
One grade step is worth $11.89/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
128.19
KY average25 barns · 2,104 hd
119.71
+8.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,676105.271,7647thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60579.461,2764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24673.6991941
CowsLean 85-90%High97261.1159434

Every lot, as filed

62 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Glasgow, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2875925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,0941
Bulls1,26585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365149.00/cwt149.00–149.005443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2676117.24/cwt116.00–117.507936
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437146.00/cwt146.00–146.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300162.50/cwt162.50–162.504881
Bulls1,84598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8081
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5751,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0026,3811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455149.34/cwt146.50–150.506797
BullsMedium and Large 1-2542136.00/cwt136.00–136.007372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007621
Bulls1,724110.78/cwt106.00–115.501,9105
BullsMedium and Large 2-3405122.00/cwt122.00–122.004941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2589130.00/cwt130.00–130.007666
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006276
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800120.00/cwt120.00–120.009601
SteersMedium and Large 2-3381117.25/cwt116.00–122.004475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655132.00/cwt132.00–132.008652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445160.00/cwt160.00–160.007122
CowsLean 85-90%95367.57/cwt64.00–73.5064412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16659.84/cwt50.00–63.5069810
CowsLean 85-90%1,00358.62/cwt53.00–63.0058820
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59282.28/cwt77.50–87.001,3103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25271.05/cwt64.00–76.0089013
CowsLean 85-90%77847.26/cwt45.00–49.503682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28783.30/cwt78.50–90.001,07218
Dairy SteersLarge 346585.00/cwt85.00–85.003951
Dairy SteersLarge 353580.00/cwt80.00–80.004281
Dairy SteersLarge 356990.00/cwt90.00–90.005126
Dairy SteersLarge 335587.50/cwt87.50–87.503111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,5041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2943832.03/cwt775.00–875.007,8462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080785.00/cwt785.00–785.008,4781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030872.30/cwt810.00–1,010.008,9854
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095816.03/cwt700.00–910.008,9362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2845650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,4931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,7331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1651,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,3981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,094805.33/cwt750.00–950.008,81010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,023904.80/cwt810.00–975.009,2562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2995785.00/cwt785.00–785.007,8112
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2930875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,1381
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705800.00/cwt800.00–800.005,6402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535106.00/cwt106.00–106.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381134.00/cwt134.00–134.005119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271799.37/cwt98.50–102.007124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648118.50/cwt118.50–118.507682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3366120.25/cwt115.00–122.004404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483133.61/cwt130.00–137.006459
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532128.50/cwt128.50–128.506845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430136.50/cwt136.50–136.505873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added466140.50/cwt140.50–140.506554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572122.59/cwt119.00–126.007018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2336140.00/cwt137.00–141.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250137.50/cwt137.50–137.503441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,025925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,4811

How this sale compares

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.