Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-12-15

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 15
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
72 vs last sale 385 140 vs year ago 453 · 30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
32 vs last sale 130 22 vs year ago 120 · 18.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
78 vs last sale 210 39 vs year ago 93 · +41.9%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $344.23/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits 59.78 against this barn's trailing median of $404.01.
Average price
$344.23
34 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
9.92
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527344.231,81534
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
468418368318median 404.0112/1503/0204/2706/2908/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.38, low $331.62, median $404.01 across 31 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 sale34 hd
344.23
KY average23 barns · 455 hd
354.15
−9.92
This barn, trailing median31 sales
404.01
−59.78
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
BullsHigh1,682183.973,09415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,547157.632,4393thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,233155.901,92336
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,024134.191,37438
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,178186.272,1943thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,079$2,6078
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,197$2,4653thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$2,4613thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,278$2,4486
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,064$2,18313
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$2,1382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,047$2,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,074$1,90013
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,8753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,171$1,7665
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$3,6003thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,048$3,29216
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,305$3,0132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,283$2,6882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,258$2,2012thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)895$2,1001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)976$2,1603thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,065$1,82410
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$1,6752thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1-2450–500460386.61/cwt382.50–400.001,77821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500457348.32/cwt330.00–350.001,59212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300275390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900890192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800770207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750702295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0712
BullsLarge 1-2650–700685220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350318400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450440382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350319411.28/cwt410.00–415.001,3128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577339.75/cwt339.00–340.001,9608
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550519330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7135
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650647302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9572
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350334367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2276
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3632
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750725255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8492
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400398355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2100–150143505.00/cwt505.00–505.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605324.14/cwt319.00–325.001,9617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300260445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1571
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700668288.65/cwt285.00–307.501,9286
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600558319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7808
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450400477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,9102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650638329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,86213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850810195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8962
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466353.92/cwt340.00–361.001,64918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650608342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2611
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373386.62/cwt385.00–390.001,44212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244170.59/cwt166.00–179.002,12211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750720337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,4302
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700674296.96/cwt295.00–297.502,0029
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550523345.41/cwt332.00–355.001,80631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600571332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650612331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0267
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950925200.74/cwt197.50–207.001,8573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250235505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1871
CowsLean 85-90%1,058123.43/cwt116.00–129.001,30614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,125127.01/cwt126.00–128.001,4292
HeifersSelect and Choice1,178186.27/cwt180.00–190.002,1943
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,547157.63/cwt156.00–159.002,4393
CowsLean 85-90%695107.00/cwt107.00–107.007441
CowsLean 85-90%959154.48/cwt146.00–161.001,4816
CowsLean 85-90%1,038137.48/cwt130.00–145.001,42717
Bulls1,885200.76/cwt197.00–204.003,7842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,264143.36/cwt135.00–149.001,8129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,221156.55/cwt150.00–164.001,91114
Bulls1,660168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,7891
Bulls1,650182.50/cwt178.00–191.003,01112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0902,460.51/head2,300.00–2,700.002,4613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4852,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0472,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1352,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,1351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium 1-29561,638.73/head1,550.00–1,775.001,6394
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0792,751.32/head2,000.00–3,500.002,7517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1031,558.69/head1,525.00–1,600.001,5593
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-37701,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4102,822.07/head2,350.00–3,100.002,8222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2732,077.21/head2,000.00–2,150.002,0772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1382,518.93/head2,000.00–3,050.002,5199
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2782,447.55/head2,000.00–2,800.002,4486
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0483,292.49/head2,100.00–3,700.003,29216
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1453,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1551,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsMedium 1-29451,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2602,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0981,924.03/head1,700.00–2,225.001,9248
Stock CowsMedium 1-29331,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29762,159.88/head2,075.00–2,300.002,1603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0801,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium 1-28771,427.28/head1,325.00–1,525.001,4273
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1232,074.46/head1,850.00–2,250.002,0748
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2582,201.39/head2,100.00–2,300.002,2012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28952,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0802,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3053,013.03/head2,600.00–3,300.003,0132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300281429.79/cwt420.00–435.001,2088
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700666322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400387418.25/cwt405.00–425.001,61925

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.