Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.64/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −158.24 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$297.64

44 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$60.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.09

vs KY average

−12.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	303.65	1,678	39
Medium and Large 2	557	263.00	1,465	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	595	242.67	1,444	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.98/cwt here — about $234 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 sale44 hd

297.64

—

KY average26 barns · 1,094 hd

300.73

−3.09

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−12.07

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−158.24

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

67 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 1-2	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	224.04/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	335.56/cwt	334.00–336.00	1,399	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	296.87/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,410	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	266.06/cwt	251.00–268.50	1,540	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	283.99/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,775	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	231.13/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,856	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	250.43/cwt	238.00–258.00	1,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	241.75/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	336.72/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	268.76/cwt	253.00–278.00	1,820	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	397	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,108	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	477	270.33/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,289	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	612	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	256.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	223.61/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	242.67/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	828	208.34/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	257.75/cwt	237.50–278.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	231.53/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	288.82/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	230.12/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,447	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	252.97/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,619	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	297.91/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,105	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	213.78/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	259.69/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,337	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	249.78/cwt	243.00–257.50	1,551	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,896	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	233.57/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,900	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	272.16/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,298	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	225.26/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,656	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	272.99/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	232.23/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	312.94/cwt	312.00–319.00	1,671	22

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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 385Last week 297Year ago 481

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	332.50–340.00	336.72
1	400–450	425	322.00	322.00
5	450–500	492	313.00	313.00
1	500–550	505	299.00	299.00
14	550–600	582	280.00–295.00	288.82
13	600–650	625	263.00–287.00	283.99
25	650–700	677	253.00–278.00	268.76
12	700–750	712	240.00–258.00	252.97
10	750–800	775	240.00–249.00	241.75
12	800–850	803	222.00–232.00	231.13
10	850–900	888	215.00–225.00	224.04
1	900–950	940	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	980	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	392.50	392.50
1	300–350	330	357.50	357.50
7	400–450	417	334.00–336.00	335.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	237.50–278.00	257.75
3	550–600	595	239.00–250.00	242.67
3	600–650	613	218.00–230.00	223.61
1	650–700	680	170.00	170.00
3	800–850	828	205.00–210.00	208.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	290.00	290.00
2	550–600	557	263.00	263.00
4	700–750	726	230.00–239.00	232.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	534	312.00–319.00	312.94
2	550–600	577	307.50	307.50
7	600–650	632	300.00	300.00
12	700–750	721	263.50	263.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	475	293.00–298.00	296.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	300	316.00	316.00
7	350–400	371	290.00–307.50	297.91
1	400–450	410	280.00	280.00
12	450–500	477	268.00–278.00	272.16
13	500–550	515	248.00–267.00	259.69
10	550–600	593	238.00–258.00	250.43
8	600–650	629	220.00–236.00	230.12
9	650–700	680	224.00–238.00	233.57
2	700–750	720	210.00–217.50	213.78
1	800–850	820	187.00	187.00
4	900–950	927	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	279.00	279.00
3	400–450	431	250.00–260.00	256.91
2	500–550	528	225.00–238.00	231.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	285.00	285.00
1	300–350	325	289.00	289.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	511	272.00–274.00	272.99
27	600–650	621	243.00–257.50	249.78
9	650–700	669	242.00	242.00
27	700–750	735	225.00–226.00	225.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	347.50	347.50
2	600–650	612	268.00	268.00
2	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
7	550–600	579	251.00–268.50	266.06
1	650–700	680	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	900	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	477	270.00–271.00	270.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	262.50	262.50
2	350–400	395	250.00–255.00	252.50
1	400–450	400	234.00	234.00
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00

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