Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of sharply higher. With good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.45/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −157.44 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$298.45

116 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$47.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs KY average

−17.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	300.84	1,641	108
Medium and Large 2	555	270.52	1,501	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	518	253.17	1,311	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.67/cwt here — about $330 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.30, low $400.27, median $455.89 across 13 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 sale116 hd

298.45

—

KY average25 barns · 1,405 hd

301.75

−3.31

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−17.62

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−157.44

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	—	Average	855	128.00	1,094	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	685	105.71	725	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,365	74.00	1,010	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	282.33/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,333	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	247.22/cwt	230.00–265.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	667	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,181	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	621	119.70/cwt	110.00–127.00	743	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	766	88.22/cwt	84.00–93.00	676	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	310.22/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,424	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	281.44/cwt	279.00–294.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	283.81/cwt	280.00–287.50	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	249.88/cwt	243.00–255.50	1,342	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	306.51/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	256.46/cwt	254.50–257.00	1,831	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	272.09/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,690	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	254.48/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,557	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	240.76/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,382	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,927	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	220	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	802	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	256.26/cwt	252.50–257.00	1,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	268.28/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	550–600	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	323.21/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,668	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	544	212.45/cwt	190.00–231.00	1,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	186.25/cwt	182.50–187.50	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	471	232.41/cwt	206.00–250.00	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	926	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	242.13/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	221.38/cwt	199.00–230.00	1,269	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	187.11/cwt	180.00–201.00	1,244	5
Bulls	—	—	855	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	383	297.52/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,140	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	253.17/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	525	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	230	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	304.65/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,298	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	325.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,538	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	377.96/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	317	326.40/cwt	309.00–336.00	1,035	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	364	320.18/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	293.33/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,710	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	307.05/cwt	293.00–315.00	1,314	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	217.86/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	272.45/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	411	351.82/cwt	327.50–358.00	1,446	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	386	349.63/cwt	329.00–365.00	1,350	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	264.27/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	222.10/cwt	208.00–224.50	1,561	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	222.71/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,815	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	302.17/cwt	294.00–307.00	1,426	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	637	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	207.87/cwt	196.00–216.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	279.30/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,329	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	291.38/cwt	282.50–298.00	1,547	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	243.45/cwt	230.00–246.50	1,777	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	305.35/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	281.96/cwt	270.00–293.50	1,458	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	288.75/cwt	283.00–297.00	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	260.88/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,516	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	921	216.14/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,991	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	233.61/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,434	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	289.71/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,825	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	219.96/cwt	212.00–224.50	1,489	7

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 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 769Last week 1,177Year ago 978

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 3Year ago 1

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of sharply higher. With good demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	230.00–265.00	247.22
1	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	472	270.00–287.50	282.33
2	500–550	518	240.00–267.00	253.17
4	650–700	652	182.50–187.50	186.25
1	700–750	705	215.00	215.00
3	900–950	926	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
2	350–400	383	301.00–310.00	305.35
20	400–450	428	293.00–315.00	307.05
19	450–500	459	305.00–314.00	310.22
38	500–550	531	282.50–298.00	291.38
35	550–600	583	279.00–299.00	293.33
18	600–650	621	263.00–287.00	272.09
13	650–700	671	258.00–277.00	272.45
18	700–750	730	230.00–246.50	243.45
2	750–800	783	241.50	241.50
13	800–850	815	214.00–225.00	222.71
13	850–900	867	213.00–222.00	217.86
14	900–950	921	215.00–217.00	216.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	516	311.00–330.00	323.21
6	550–600	559	305.00–312.00	306.51
12	600–650	630	286.00–293.00	289.71
13	650–700	658	284.00	284.00
18	700–750	714	254.50–257.00	256.46
5	750–800	774	249.00	249.00
12	800–850	809	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	576	265.00–270.00	268.28
6	600–650	605	252.50–257.00	256.26
9	650–700	668	234.00–248.00	242.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	369.00	369.00
3	300–350	315	365.00–400.00	377.96
9	350–400	386	329.00–365.00	349.63
9	400–450	411	327.50–358.00	351.82
20	450–500	473	315.00–335.00	325.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	330.00	330.00
5	350–400	364	319.00–321.00	320.18
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	293.00	293.00
1	400–450	440	298.00	298.00
7	450–500	470	283.00–297.00	288.75
1	500–550	510	266.00	266.00
5	550–600	564	259.00–268.00	264.27
1	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	665	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	800	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	865	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	305	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	360	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	520	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	667	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	280.00–287.50	283.81
6	400–450	446	279.00–294.00	281.44
45	450–500	476	270.00–290.00	279.30
15	500–550	537	243.00–255.50	249.88
10	550–600	574	237.00–252.00	240.76
8	600–650	614	230.00–240.00	233.61
7	650–700	677	212.00–224.50	219.96
11	700–750	703	208.00–224.50	222.10
4	750–800	778	196.00–216.00	207.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	517	270.00–293.50	281.96
24	550–600	581	258.00–265.00	260.88
28	600–650	612	247.00–259.00	254.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	220.00	220.00
1	300–350	315	262.50	262.50
1	400–450	420	242.50	242.50
4	450–500	471	206.00–250.00	232.41
5	500–550	544	190.00–231.00	212.45
7	550–600	573	199.00–230.00	221.38
5	650–700	665	180.00–201.00	187.11
2	800–850	802	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	322.50	322.50
8	300–350	317	309.00–336.00	326.40
11	350–400	383	292.00–308.00	297.52
13	400–450	426	297.00–309.00	304.65
17	450–500	472	294.00–307.00	302.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	637	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	110.00–127.00	119.70
4	—	766	84.00–93.00	88.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	74.00	74.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	128.00	128.00

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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