Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to previous sale feeder classes sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances sharply higher. Good demand for the feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.52/cwt on 793 head.

Average price

$127.52

793 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$2.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.61

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	767	127.63	979	762
Medium and Large 2-3	493	124.69	615	31

One grade step is worth $2.95/cwt here — about $365 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 sale793 hd

127.52

—

KY average25 barns · 3,980 hd

135.13

−7.61

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	—	High	1,600	111.00	1,776	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)

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
Bulls	—	—	1,600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	137.48/cwt	137.00–138.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	104.13/cwt	103.50–106.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	107.58/cwt	106.00–110.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	125.00/cwt	123.00–129.00	713	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	127.40/cwt	121.00–131.50	977	206
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	115.73/cwt	110.00–127.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,082	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,055	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	133.84/cwt	132.00–143.00	849	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	134.78/cwt	129.00–139.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	132.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	908	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	163.58/cwt	161.00–166.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	150.97/cwt	149.00–153.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	124.38/cwt	124.00–124.50	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	138.06/cwt	136.00–140.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	160.00/cwt	157.00–166.00	763	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.40/cwt	145.00–162.00	816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	162.18/cwt	151.00–169.00	691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	117.91/cwt	112.00–118.50	1,040	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	126.27/cwt	125.50–127.00	1,033	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	118.11/cwt	113.00–120.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	145.43/cwt	143.00–148.00	445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	136.88/cwt	135.00–140.00	656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	119.64/cwt	115.00–124.00	732	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	957	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	134.29/cwt	126.00–135.00	706	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	607	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	404	114.31/cwt	107.50–120.00	462	4

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 - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)

Thu Mar 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 940Last week 727Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 0

Compared to previous sale feeder classes sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances sharply higher. Good demand for the feeder classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	111.00	111.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	102.00	102.00
2	—	378	137.00–138.00	137.48
4	—	825	103.50–106.00	104.13
5	—	424	143.00	143.00
5	—	725	106.00–110.00	107.58
6	—	659	113.00–120.00	118.11
7	—	306	143.00–148.00	145.43
9	—	479	135.00–140.00	136.88
6	—	558	138.00	138.00
9	—	612	115.00–124.00	119.64
10	—	878	109.00	109.00
15	—	526	126.00–135.00	134.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
2	—	367	133.00	133.00
2	—	607	110.00	110.00
4	—	404	107.50–120.00	114.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	570	123.00–129.00	125.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	107.50	107.50
3	—	633	110.00–127.00	115.73
7	—	467	129.00–139.00	134.78
8	—	345	120.00	120.00
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
2	—	428	136.00–140.00	138.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	767	121.00–131.50	127.40
54	—	962	112.50	112.50
55	—	917	115.00	115.00
59	—	634	132.00–143.00	133.84
151	—	688	130.00–136.00	132.03
4	—	385	161.00–166.00	163.58
4	—	563	149.00–153.00	150.97
4	—	746	124.00–124.50	124.38
2	—	290	180.00	180.00
8	—	477	157.00–166.00	160.00
11	—	525	145.00–162.00	155.40
13	—	426	151.00–169.00	162.18
66	—	882	112.00–118.50	117.91
125	—	818	125.50–127.00	126.27

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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