Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, May 18
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
72 vs last sale 483 555 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
12 vs last sale 125 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
35 vs last sale 165 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 2.00 higher, and feeder heifers were steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.00/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$124.00
216 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.51
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495126.87627185
Medium and Large 2-3543106.9158131
One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $47 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 sale216 hd
124.00
KY average28 barns · 6,703 hd
124.52
−0.51
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
BullsHigh1,63298.711,61118
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52062.7595414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21460.6473662
CowsLean 85-90%Average95952.4450348

Every lot, as filed

76 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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3405122.50/cwt122.50–122.504961
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385122.50/cwt122.50–122.504721
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315147.00/cwt147.00–147.004631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381157.38/cwt150.00–164.0060053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458145.13/cwt144.00–146.5066537
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571128.00/cwt123.00–128.5073133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513134.79/cwt128.00–137.5069128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665121.49/cwt120.00–124.0080813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447138.00/cwt138.00–138.0061711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2293174.00/cwt174.00–174.005109
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717113.00/cwt112.00–114.008108
BullsMedium and Large 1-282794.00/cwt94.00–94.007772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230167.47/cwt166.00–169.003852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54968.06/cwt65.50–72.001,0544
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20560.08/cwt54.00–63.5072440
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22167.47/cwt64.00–72.5082415
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320143.00/cwt143.00–143.004581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738124.00/cwt124.00–124.009155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600143.50/cwt143.50–143.508613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added673132.00/cwt132.00–132.008882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529141.20/cwt131.00–142.5074720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436153.00/cwt153.00–153.006677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660126.14/cwt123.50–130.008336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579133.14/cwt129.00–134.007716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463139.98/cwt139.00–143.006484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770118.50/cwt118.50–118.509121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740117.00/cwt117.00–117.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2235174.50/cwt174.50–174.504101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3564110.53/cwt106.00–111.0062315
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364091.50/cwt91.50–91.505866
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435111.66/cwt102.50–116.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470104.23/cwt100.00–110.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325128.00/cwt128.00–128.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458132.80/cwt127.50–137.2560844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518125.15/cwt119.00–127.5064834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366140.51/cwt132.00–143.0051426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583118.19/cwt117.50–120.0068925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617110.64/cwt108.50–117.0068320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24949.23/cwt43.00–53.506157
Bulls1,854108.79/cwt106.50–114.002,0179
Bulls1,61294.24/cwt89.00–98.501,5195
Bulls1,15881.60/cwt79.00–85.009454
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,298806.13/cwt760.00–850.0010,4642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,176949.59/cwt725.00–1,175.0011,1679
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1241,111.73/cwt860.00–1,200.0012,4968
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,148845.89/cwt685.00–1,100.009,71118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1911,071.79/cwt975.00–1,200.0012,7657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090735.00/cwt735.00–735.008,0123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,013640.83/cwt560.00–735.006,49212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225858.81/cwt800.00–925.0010,5203
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,125985.00/cwt985.00–985.0011,0814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,030971.97/cwt925.00–1,035.0010,0113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,9441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2975800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2631,150.39/cwt985.00–1,275.0014,5292
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,2631
SteersMedium and Large 2-3471128.73/cwt120.00–133.006064
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375139.91/cwt135.00–145.005253
SteersMedium and Large 2-3517121.00/cwt121.00–121.006262
CowsLean 85-90%94649.67/cwt44.50–53.5047022
CowsLean 85-90%97558.91/cwt54.50–63.5057421
CowsLean 85-90%95037.49/cwt33.50–40.503565
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50960.62/cwt57.00–63.5091510
SteersMedium and Large 2-3233146.05/cwt140.00–152.503402
SteersMedium and Large 2-3635117.50/cwt117.50–117.507461
SteersMedium and Large 2-3585118.00/cwt118.00–118.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430133.14/cwt122.50–138.0057316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271995.57/cwt92.50–100.006877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328142.77/cwt137.50–144.004685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-282894.67/cwt94.00–95.007843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295138.00/cwt138.00–138.004072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy225159.53/cwt152.00–166.003593
BullsMedium and Large 2-3595113.00/cwt113.00–113.006721

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.