Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower on light test, feeder heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was good demand for all classes of feeder cattle, with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in cattle with favorable condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.42/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$127.42

175 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.46

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	495	129.86	643	145
Medium and Large 2-3	445	115.61	514	30

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $129 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 sale175 hd

127.42

—

KY average27 barns · 5,033 hd

136.88

−9.46

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,552	91.32	1,418	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	66.82	989	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,146	65.15	747	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	54.95	536	23

Every lot, as filed

91 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	70.36/cwt	68.00–75.00	811	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	70.24/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,079	10
Bulls	—	—	1,353	80.60/cwt	73.00–85.00	1,091	6
Bulls	—	—	1,715	103.17/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,769	5
Bulls	—	—	1,600	91.95/cwt	88.50–97.00	1,471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	135.14/cwt	126.00–139.00	791	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	125.82/cwt	119.00–136.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	125.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	718	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	136.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	497	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	132.18/cwt	129.00–140.00	568	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	690	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	124.72/cwt	117.50–130.00	349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	110.77/cwt	108.00–112.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	119.73/cwt	117.50–122.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	118.39/cwt	116.00–119.00	794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	140.07/cwt	130.00–156.00	382	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	117.12/cwt	114.00–123.00	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	92.29/cwt	87.00–103.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	598	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	125.30/cwt	114.00–137.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	126.38/cwt	122.50–128.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	126.63/cwt	124.00–127.00	910	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	146.66/cwt	145.00–149.00	856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	125.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	275	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	145.17/cwt	132.50–148.00	756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	225	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	145.74/cwt	135.00–147.50	755	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	154.78/cwt	140.00–158.00	436	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	125.66/cwt	114.00–132.00	822	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.90/cwt	137.00–147.00	659	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	144.83/cwt	137.00–148.00	639	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	112.17/cwt	109.00–115.00	849	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	64.49/cwt	60.00–67.50	731	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	773	35.02/cwt	30.00–40.00	271	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	61.17/cwt	60.00–63.00	598	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	53.61/cwt	50.00–58.00	541	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	60.15/cwt	60.00–60.50	865	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	64.78/cwt	63.00–67.00	919	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	57.14/cwt	54.50–61.00	679	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	895.80/cwt	675.00–1,100.00	10,284	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	941.40/cwt	885.00–985.00	9,555	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,385	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	836.17/cwt	725.00–875.00	9,231	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	1,146.93/cwt	1,060.00–1,225.00	11,882	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	9,603	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	893.88/cwt	825.00–1,000.00	8,402	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	723.88/cwt	650.00–875.00	6,826	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	784.65/cwt	675.00–885.00	9,275	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	776	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	126.14/cwt	120.00–133.00	401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	123.47/cwt	112.50–125.00	467	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	109.52/cwt	100.00–112.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	146.40/cwt	134.00–158.00	542	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	126.22/cwt	110.00–135.00	464	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	827	84.24/cwt	80.00–87.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	117.38/cwt	112.50–122.50	499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	120.67/cwt	112.50–129.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	122.26/cwt	116.00–137.50	334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	116.10/cwt	113.00–122.50	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	21,893	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,363	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	1,018.74/cwt	910.00–1,075.00	13,101	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	13,125	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,525.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,525.00	22,875	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,056	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,048	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Glasgow, KY

Mon Sep 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 523Last week 861Year ago 732

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 121Year ago 179

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 202Year ago 199

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,152	68.00–75.00	70.36
37	—	1,134	60.00–67.50	64.49
8	—	1,188	54.50–61.00	57.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,536	68.00–74.00	70.24
3	—	1,438	60.00–60.50	60.15
7	—	1,419	63.00–67.00	64.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	30.00–40.00	35.02
9	—	977	60.00–63.00	61.17
12	—	1,009	50.00–58.00	53.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,353	73.00–85.00	80.60
5	—	1,715	99.00–107.00	103.17
8	—	1,600	88.50–97.00	91.95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
20	—	572	120.00–130.00	125.61
17	—	365	130.00–138.00	136.27
35	—	430	129.00–140.00	132.18
1	—	511	129.00	129.00
8	—	671	116.00–119.00	118.39
8	—	273	130.00–156.00	140.07
9	—	621	114.00–123.00	117.12
14	—	471	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	513	134.50	134.50
8	—	719	124.00–127.00	126.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	117.50–130.00	124.72
3	—	650	109.00	109.00
1	—	835	101.00	101.00
4	—	465	108.00–112.00	110.77
2	—	303	117.50–122.00	119.73
1	—	445	121.00	121.00
3	—	585	87.00–103.00	92.29
1	—	520	104.00	104.00
12	—	378	112.50–125.00	123.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	585	126.00–139.00	135.14
21	—	518	135.00–147.50	145.74
8	—	282	140.00–158.00	154.78
17	—	654	114.00–132.00	125.66
11	—	478	137.00–147.00	137.90
7	—	441	137.00–148.00	144.83
19	—	757	109.00–115.00	112.17
18	—	370	134.00–158.00	146.40
3	—	645	118.00	118.00
1	—	340	147.00	147.00
1	—	850	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	119.00–136.00	125.82
3	—	776	98.00	98.00
4	—	318	120.00–133.00	126.14
5	—	663	100.00–112.00	109.52
1	—	740	95.00	95.00
12	—	368	110.00–135.00	126.22
5	—	827	80.00–87.00	84.24
3	—	425	112.50–122.50	117.38
2	—	540	112.50–129.00	120.67
4	—	273	116.00–137.50	122.26
3	—	571	113.00–122.50	116.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	127.50	127.50
2	—	433	114.00–137.00	125.30
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	116.00	116.00
7	—	518	122.50–128.00	126.38
4	—	591	130.00	130.00
2	—	665	122.00–128.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	138.00	138.00
1	—	245	175.00	175.00
1	—	975	122.00	122.00
7	—	584	145.00–149.00	146.66
1	—	635	145.00	145.00
6	—	521	132.50–148.00	145.17
2	—	945	122.00	122.00
2	—	733	130.00	130.00
3	—	853	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	191.00	191.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	88.00	88.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,148	675.00–1,100.00	895.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,015	885.00–985.00	941.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	940	825.00–1,000.00	893.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	943	650.00–875.00	723.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,182	675.00–885.00	784.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,005	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,286	910.00–1,075.00	1,018.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,035.00	1,035.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,036	1,060.00–1,225.00	1,146.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,500	1,525.00	1,525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,104	725.00–875.00	836.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	845	835.00	835.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,390	1,575.00	1,575.00

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.

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Glasgow Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Glasgow, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle