Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2026-05-18

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glasgow, Kentucky · Mon, May 18
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2198
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
63 vs last sale 560 31 vs year ago 528 · 5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
14 vs last sale 121 26 vs year ago 109 · +23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
46 vs last sale 247 108 vs year ago 93 · +116.1%
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 $430.86/cwt on 84 head, down $13.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 31 comparable sales and sits +26.85 against this barn's trailing median of $404.01.
Average price
$430.86
13.63 vs prior sale
84 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$46.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.71
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552439.092,42369
Medium and Large 2-3568393.022,23215thin
One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale84 hd
430.86
KY average26 barns · 601 hd
436.57
−5.71
This barn, trailing median31 sales
404.01
+26.85
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
BullsAverage1,660218.043,62135
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,554185.652,8849thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246177.832,21648
CowsLean 85-90%Average960161.801,55333
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,625196.003,1851thin

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)1,218$3,7692thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,148$3,44130
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$3,1285
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,235$3,0003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$2,86717
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,147$2,7134thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,110$2,6252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,5305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,149$2,47311
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,106$2,41910
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,223$2,2803thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$4,0643thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)967$3,6966
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)974$3,3267
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)964$3,0234thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,030$2,6001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)960$3,3383thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,193$2,8092thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,105$3,8752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,308$3,0822thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)865$2,5742thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,24818
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,096$2,0448

Every lot, as filed

103 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528459.84/cwt450.00–465.002,42814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950925269.05/cwt260.00–275.002,4895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900850320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250235550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750713346.26/cwt342.50–350.002,4692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800767355.98/cwt340.00–360.002,7305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500452508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,2968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900898285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700664343.28/cwt330.00–346.002,27912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250245650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,5931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400368570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,09818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584382.28/cwt375.00–400.002,23329
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,025242.46/cwt235.00–250.002,4852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440452.09/cwt450.00–475.001,98911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600588427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,51430
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,070239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,5571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390491.18/cwt491.00–495.001,91620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458455.32/cwt455.00–457.502,08524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285547.59/cwt545.00–548.001,56114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed200–250235620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,4572
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300283656.72/cwt655.00–660.001,8598
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523399.16/cwt380.00–400.002,08847
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800765339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,5975
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7391
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600588380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2349
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800778305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3733
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950915237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,1731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500456435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,98413
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500457435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9888
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1282
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400375512.73/cwt505.00–525.001,9235
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-38741,743.56/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7444
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39352,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3900–950945245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300255470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1991
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-39101,589.56/head1,525.00–1,650.001,5902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0552,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39572,222.65/head2,100.00–2,500.002,2233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsSmall 1-26451,160.47/head1,125.00–1,200.001,1602
Bulls1,523210.80/cwt201.00–218.003,21018
Bulls2,245252.00/cwt252.00–252.005,6571
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,552191.13/cwt183.00–210.002,9666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,266172.76/cwt166.00–180.002,18728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230191.27/cwt182.00–212.002,35316
Bulls1,828228.05/cwt223.00–235.004,16914
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,625196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,1851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174159.51/cwt157.00–161.001,8734
Bulls1,433196.15/cwt193.00–199.002,8112
CowsLean 85-90%959158.90/cwt150.00–165.001,52417
CowsLean 85-90%935146.73/cwt145.00–149.001,3725
CowsLean 85-90%972173.12/cwt167.00–181.001,68311
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9431
Stock CowsMedium 1-27751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium 1-2750–800750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–400380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0261
Bred HeifersLarge 38901,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,557174.68/cwt169.00–179.002,7203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500458387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7755
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650641310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9874
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580371.02/cwt345.00–397.502,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7336
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600558323.83/cwt320.00–340.001,80711
Bred CowsMedium 1-29852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650601370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650635416.40/cwt415.00–420.002,64414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550524448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,34839
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500450520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,3402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500462490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,26434
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550538412.54/cwt405.00–420.002,2196
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0302,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29673,695.78/head2,600.00–4,000.003,6966
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1553,466.19/head2,300.00–4,000.003,46629
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1932,808.60/head2,500.00–3,075.002,8092
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1504,063.66/head3,750.00–4,200.004,0643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550545485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,6435
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1702,503.14/head2,000.00–2,925.002,5037
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,529.54/head2,300.00–2,700.002,5305
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28652,573.55/head2,550.00–2,600.002,5742
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29743,326.02/head2,950.00–3,950.003,3267
BullsMedium and Large 1-29603,337.50/head2,700.00–3,600.003,3383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1952,594.94/head2,050.00–2,875.002,5959
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0562,468.28/head2,050.00–2,850.002,46813
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1582,196.02/head1,700.00–2,500.002,1966
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1473,169.14/head2,100.00–3,700.003,16914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2232,279.70/head2,050.00–2,400.002,2803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3553,127.82/head2,600.00–3,775.003,1285
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0404,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1102,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1772,784.63/head2,600.00–3,000.002,7853
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2183,769.40/head3,600.00–3,900.003,7692
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,1861
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29883,405.56/head2,800.00–3,900.003,4063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2353,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3083,081.69/head2,975.00–3,175.003,0822
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1703,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700667374.02/cwt357.50–375.002,49518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700653385.51/cwt382.50–387.502,5175

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.