Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.60/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −169.29 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$286.60

30 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$31.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.66

vs KY average

−18.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	288.68	1,617	28
Medium and Large 2-3	550	257.50	1,416	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.18/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd

286.60

—

KY average25 barns · 1,085 hd

294.26

−7.66

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−18.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−169.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	301.29/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,280	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	391	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	241.68/cwt	205.00–277.50	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	602	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	231.72/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	296.87/cwt	293.00–301.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	256.07/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,823	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	702	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	244.96/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,399	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	263.44/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,633	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	281.65/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,634	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	463	317.84/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,472	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,852	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	262.26/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	297.33/cwt	287.50–308.00	1,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	244.01/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,515	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	279.68/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,342	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	218.75/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,575	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	244.03/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	284.70/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	291.95/cwt	287.50–294.00	1,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	299.19/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,119	6

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 302Last week 661Year ago 657

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	362.50	362.50
1	300–350	305	332.50	332.50
4	600–650	625	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	482	294.00	294.00
1	550–600	550	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	705	222.00	222.00
1	750–800	780	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	425	300.00–303.00	301.29
4	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	225.00–245.00	231.72
1	500–550	505	205.00	205.00
2	600–650	602	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	621	241.00–248.00	244.01
2	650–700	662	241.00	241.00
2	700–750	702	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	301.00	301.00
2	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	374	295.00–300.00	299.19
3	400–450	433	287.50–294.00	291.95
20	450–500	480	266.00–285.00	279.68
5	500–550	501	266.00	266.00
17	550–600	571	235.00–255.00	244.96
1	600–650	620	234.00	234.00
3	650–700	690	216.00	216.00
12	700–750	720	215.00–220.00	218.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	336.00	336.00
7	450–500	463	315.00–319.00	317.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	205.00–277.50	241.68
1	450–500	490	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	620	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	705	193.00	193.00
1	750–800	760	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
8	550–600	572	293.00–301.00	296.87
14	700–750	712	252.00–259.00	256.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	287.50–308.00	297.33
2	450–500	455	290.00–295.00	292.50
6	500–550	522	280.00–293.00	284.70
12	550–600	580	273.00–289.00	281.65
15	600–650	620	255.00–274.00	263.44
11	650–700	682	255.00–264.00	262.26
7	700–750	735	240.00–245.00	244.03
19	800–850	838	221.00	221.00

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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