Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.48/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −158.96 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.

Average price

$251.48

23 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$48.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.28

vs KY average

−18.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	264.02	1,380	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	215.98	1,155	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.04/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.74, low $370.87, median $410.44 across 14 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 sale23 hd

251.48

—

KY average27 barns · 1,708 hd

261.77

−10.28

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−18.71

This barn, trailing median14 sales

410.44

−158.96

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

60 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	318.54/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	284.17/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,685	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	247.54/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	273.10/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	250.92/cwt	235.00–280.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	197.52/cwt	180.00–214.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	270.74/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,435	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	403	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	225.21/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,167	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	239.57/cwt	220.00–257.50	1,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	485	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	293.98/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	350.66/cwt	350.00–351.00	1,245	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	610	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,205	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,383	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	315.41/cwt	313.00–317.00	1,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	264.24/cwt	259.00–267.50	1,662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	940	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	326	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,592	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	298.21/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	279.74/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,301	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	233.12/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	262.94/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,333	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	207.92/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	255.48/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	304.14/cwt	295.00–311.00	1,147	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	291.08/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,220	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	297.10/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	301.30/cwt	300.00–302.50	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	230.30/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,426	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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 297Last week 302Year ago 418

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	310.00–323.00	318.54
1	550–600	560	308.00	308.00
4	600–650	633	292.00	292.00
6	650–700	656	284.00–285.00	284.17
2	700–750	705	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	269.00–272.00	270.74
2	650–700	697	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	377.50	377.50
2	400–450	432	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	485	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	462	312.00	312.00
4	500–550	515	295.00–300.00	298.21
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
7	600–650	629	259.00–267.50	264.24
6	700–750	740	246.00	246.00
2	750–800	760	241.00	241.00
4	800–850	832	224.00	224.00
1	950–1000	995	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	287.00	287.00
11	600–650	629	247.00–250.00	247.54
1	650–700	650	241.00	241.00
53	750–800	773	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	285.00	285.00
4	400–450	435	272.50–275.00	273.10
1	450–500	465	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	660	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	235.00–280.00	250.92
3	450–500	463	220.00–257.50	239.57
4	500–550	518	215.00–240.00	225.21
2	550–600	568	180.00–214.00	197.52
1	600–650	645	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	720	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	293.00–295.00	293.98
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	197.50	197.50
1	650–700	695	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	940	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	300.00–302.50	301.30
2	300–350	340	290.00–304.00	297.10
11	350–400	377	295.00–311.00	304.14
9	400–450	419	280.00–297.00	291.08
17	450–500	465	270.00–288.00	279.74
11	500–550	507	255.00–270.00	262.94
4	550–600	569	253.00–258.00	255.48
4	600–650	619	220.00–238.00	230.30
11	650–700	663	228.00–235.00	233.12
6	700–750	714	216.00	216.00
5	750–800	777	205.00–215.00	207.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	242.50	242.50
2	400–450	403	255.00–260.00	257.48
1	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	900	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	350.00–351.00	350.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	313.00–317.00	315.41
5	450–500	459	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	515	287.50	287.50
7	550–600	594	268.00	268.00

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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