Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2024-12-09

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 9
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
647 head
211 vs last sale 436 236 vs year ago 411 · +57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
71 vs last sale 126 19 vs year ago 178 · +10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
19 vs last sale 151 26 vs year ago 106 · +24.5%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.91/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 138.81 against this barn's trailing median of $381.72.
Average price
$242.91
115 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.34
vs KY average
37.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546247.911,35493
Medium and Large 2576221.771,27722
One grade step is worth $26.14/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
422389357325median 381.7212/1503/0204/2706/2908/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.76, low $338.88, median $381.72 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale115 hd
242.91
KY average25 barns · 2,459 hd
256.25
−13.34
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−37.39
This barn, trailing median30 sales
381.72
−138.81
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
BullsAverage1,595141.542,25725
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,629117.111,90821
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,280116.181,48772
CowsLean 85-90%High1,078101.231,09174
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,190127.501,5171thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175159.221,8712thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,107$1,9455
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,252$1,93011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,348$1,8842thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,8063thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$1,5826
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,163$1,5402thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,103$1,46112
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,131$1,2804thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$1,8851thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)970$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)793$1,5242thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$1,3433thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,3437
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,605$2,4501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,153$1,7632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,395$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,385$2,5512thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)813$1,5283thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,133$1,42719
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,104$1,3277

Every lot, as filed

99 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750722223.81/cwt220.00–230.001,61613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400380298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,13229
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400366248.00/cwt248.00–248.009089
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800780170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3262
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300295242.50/cwt242.50–242.507151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350316285.00/cwt285.00–285.009014
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700675189.85/cwt180.00–200.001,2812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800761224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,70513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600581262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,52231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750721220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550522256.33/cwt256.00–260.001,33848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500452279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,26127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,25917
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576221.77/cwt221.00–222.501,27722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300264305.26/cwt290.00–307.508068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8682
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650647266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450435333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4492
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,51622
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500456256.00/cwt254.00–257.001,16721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000950177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6861
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700685216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300270.00/cwt270.00–270.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600598239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,43228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750700255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500456317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4469
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541284.22/cwt284.00–286.001,5389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,54718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680245.68/cwt244.00–250.001,6717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718239.39/cwt233.00–242.501,7193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9602
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2-3500–550540195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350307362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,11321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550526279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,46831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500450303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,36436
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400379339.46/cwt330.00–342.501,28728
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250240351.07/cwt342.50–360.008432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300275360.00/cwt360.00–360.009901
CowsLean 85-90%1,061122.49/cwt116.00–139.001,3009
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,636117.81/cwt115.00–122.501,92717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,578109.16/cwt108.00–110.501,7233
Bulls1,706145.63/cwt140.50–150.002,48410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263130.52/cwt126.00–136.001,64812
CowsLean 85-90%1,02084.50/cwt63.00–94.0086222
Dairy SteersSelect1,190127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,5171
HeifersSelect and Choice1,175159.22/cwt153.00–166.001,8712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31892.02/cwt91.00–93.001,2133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258108.90/cwt103.00–114.001,37026
CowsLean 85-90%1,130101.40/cwt96.00–105.001,14618
CowsLean 85-90%1,098108.19/cwt105.00–115.001,18825
CowsBoner 80-85%1,302119.08/cwt115.00–124.001,55031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,665129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,1481
Bulls1,530132.74/cwt123.00–139.002,03112
Bulls1,482163.14/cwt157.00–170.002,4183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,574.59/head1,200.00–1,875.001,57510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3481,884.08/head1,810.00–1,975.001,8842
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3952,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27931,523.66/head1,200.00–1,800.001,5242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,945.28/head1,025.00–2,500.001,9455
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2521,929.57/head1,525.00–2,400.001,93011
Bred CowsMedium 1-2955892.85/head885.00–900.008932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1311,280.40/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2804
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1041,327.47/head1,010.00–1,675.001,3277
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,427.32/head1,000.00–1,625.001,42719
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28951,343.44/head900.00–1,950.001,3433
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28001,342.75/head1,060.00–1,825.001,3437
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1901,885.00/head1,885.00–1,885.001,8851
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28131,527.96/head1,100.00–1,685.001,5283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,540.16/head1,425.00–1,650.001,5402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,806.01/head1,500.00–2,100.001,8063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2631,582.02/head1,485.00–1,750.001,5826
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3852,551.44/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5512
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1531,762.74/head1,725.00–1,800.001,7632
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,6052,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,055165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7411
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600594238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4145
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900860195.00/cwt190.00–200.001,6772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500457278.31/cwt278.00–279.001,27220
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350335302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0134
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250216321.76/cwt317.50–332.506954
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535242.64/cwt240.00–243.001,29816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700671238.57/cwt222.00–241.501,60127
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330282.50/cwt282.50–282.509321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000965140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900855152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3041

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.