Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Heavy offering on feeder classes today. Preconditioned feeders saw the strongest demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.47/cwt on 600 head.

Average price

$213.47

600 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$560

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

$49.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.77

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	736	214.72	1,581	578
Medium and Large 2	617	191.45	1,181	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	618	165.27	1,021	9thin

One grade step is worth $49.45/cwt here — about $560 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 sale600 hd

213.47

—

KY average27 barns · 6,107 hd

219.25

−5.77

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	2,090	105.50	2,205	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	88.00	1,522	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,470	83.00	1,220	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	69.11	701	2thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	200.63/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,116	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	228.56/cwt	227.00–230.00	981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	216.24/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,568	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,005	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	206.23/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	214.04/cwt	209.00–216.50	1,672	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	980	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	182.28/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	163.89/cwt	149.00–169.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	805	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	1,717	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	158.76/cwt	157.50–160.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	203.23/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	238.28/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,265	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	180.99/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	235.53/cwt	234.50–237.00	1,470	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	276.31/cwt	273.00–280.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	191.36/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,563	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	817	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	234.09/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,362	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	204.34/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,459	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	214.26/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,442	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	370	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	440	270.66/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	217.94/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,362	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	168.31/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	188.65/cwt	186.00–191.00	1,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	197.08/cwt	190.00–199.75	1,303	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,486	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	69.11/cwt	67.00–71.00	701	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,522	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,220	1
Bulls	—	—	2,090	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	201.84/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,155	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	229.32/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,433	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	176.54/cwt	168.00–180.90	1,298	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	172.82/cwt	168.50–189.00	1,158	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,067	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,290	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	162.84/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,251	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	201.17/cwt	194.00–211.00	1,060	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	537	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	151.99/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	220.26/cwt	206.00–227.00	1,042	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	215.75/cwt	212.00–220.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	185.43/cwt	181.00–189.00	1,079	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	200.32/cwt	200.00–201.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	205.25/cwt	201.00–206.00	1,285	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	184.41/cwt	179.00–191.00	1,177	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	218.56/cwt	205.00–225.00	946	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	215.97/cwt	212.50–218.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	187.36/cwt	180.00–189.50	1,441	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	215.02/cwt	212.00–219.50	1,116	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,203	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	569	210.46/cwt	207.00–213.00	1,198	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	193.31/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,512	13

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 Dec 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,064Last week 823Year ago 423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 4

Heavy offering on feeder classes today. Preconditioned feeders saw the strongest demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	556	200.00–202.50	200.63
1	—	520	225.00	225.00
1	—	290	247.50	247.50
4	—	429	227.00–230.00	228.56
1	—	645	188.00	188.00
4	—	651	180.00	180.00
3	—	483	229.00–230.00	229.32
3	—	711	150.00	150.00
21	—	759	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	725	212.00–219.00	216.24
12	—	1,005	185.00	185.00
130	—	781	209.00–216.50	214.04
2	—	520	264.00	264.00
4	—	561	243.00	243.00
14	—	980	190.00	190.00
66	—	805	213.25	213.25
11	—	624	234.50–237.00	235.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	202.50–210.00	206.23
6	—	635	180.00–194.00	182.28
1	—	745	180.00	180.00
3	—	568	200.00–210.00	203.23
1	—	695	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,023	149.00–169.00	163.89
12	—	531	231.00–240.00	238.28
4	—	395	265.00	265.00
4	—	861	180.00–184.00	180.99
2	—	328	273.00–280.00	276.31
28	—	817	180.00–196.00	191.36
35	—	582	221.00–240.00	234.09
41	—	714	190.00–210.00	204.34
22	—	673	200.00–218.00	214.26
7	—	965	180.00	180.00
13	—	625	209.00–223.00	217.94
2	—	452	227.50	227.50
13	—	782	187.00–200.00	193.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	157.50–160.00	158.76
2	—	817	160.00	160.00
3	—	656	165.00–170.00	168.31
2	—	520	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	290.00	290.00
1	—	370	281.00	281.00
8	—	440	261.00–272.00	270.66
6	—	470	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	709	186.00–191.00	188.65
32	—	661	190.00–199.75	197.08
3	—	830	179.00	179.00
51	—	626	201.00–206.00	205.25
50	—	769	180.00–189.50	187.36
17	—	519	212.00–219.50	215.02
25	—	569	207.00–213.00	210.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	572	193.00–210.00	201.84
10	—	863	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,055	138.00	138.00
14	—	735	168.00–180.90	176.54
40	—	670	168.50–189.00	172.82
7	—	768	154.00–170.00	162.84
13	—	527	194.00–211.00	201.17
3	—	824	150.00–153.00	151.99
24	—	473	206.00–227.00	220.26
3	—	380	212.00–220.00	215.75
10	—	638	179.00–191.00	184.41
12	—	433	205.00–225.00	218.56
3	—	332	212.50–218.00	215.97
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	135.00	135.00
2	—	537	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
2	—	527	166.00	166.00
3	—	680	143.00	143.00
1	—	550	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	527	190.00	190.00
1	—	645	164.00	164.00
11	—	582	181.00–189.00	185.43
3	—	473	200.00–201.00	200.32
1	—	675	164.00	164.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	67.00–71.00	69.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	88.00	88.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	83.00	83.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	105.50	105.50

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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