Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.55/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −158.89 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.

Average price

$251.55

46 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$26.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.22

vs KY average

+7.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	253.29	1,395	43
Medium and Large 2-3	563	226.67	1,276	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.62/cwt here — about $119 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

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 sale46 hd

251.55

—

KY average26 barns · 1,112 hd

242.33

+9.22

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+7.14

This barn, trailing median14 sales

410.44

−158.89

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,065	80.00	852	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	258.98/cwt	255.00–260.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	222.38/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,568	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,037	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	290.49/cwt	281.00–293.50	1,563	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,255	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	293.58/cwt	293.00–294.00	1,286	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	257.85/cwt	251.50–260.00	1,583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,711	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	238.10/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	239.84/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	296.05/cwt	295.50–297.00	1,344	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	925	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	261.32/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	770	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	231.91/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,589	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	245.35/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	310.78/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,050	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	257.88/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,398	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	262.20/cwt	257.50–266.00	996	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,089	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	245.53/cwt	239.00–252.50	1,282	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	265.66/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,140	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	231.33/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,446	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	230.44/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	256.88/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,230	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 Aug 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 195Year ago 69

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	240.00	240.00
5	300–350	328	255.00–260.00	258.98
3	350–400	380	257.50–266.00	262.20
8	400–450	429	260.00–272.50	265.66
6	450–500	479	245.00–260.00	256.88
9	500–550	522	239.00–252.50	245.53
3	550–600	571	244.00–248.00	245.35
7	600–650	625	224.00–238.00	231.33
14	650–700	685	228.00–235.00	231.91
13	700–750	705	217.00–224.00	222.38
4	750–800	760	220.50	220.50
3	800–850	833	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	227.50	227.50
1	400–450	430	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	465	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	535	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	577	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	662	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	715	201.00	201.00
1	850–900	895	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	542	257.50–258.00	257.88
10	550–600	589	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	477	263.00	263.00
3	500–550	526	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	575	251.00	251.00
1	600–650	645	242.50	242.50
3	650–700	677	225.00–233.00	230.44
2	700–750	725	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	875	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	925	182.00	182.00
2	1000–1050	1,037	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	322.50	322.50
1	300–350	310	302.50	302.50
1	350–400	375	307.50	307.50
7	400–450	438	293.00–294.00	293.58
11	450–500	454	295.50–297.00	296.05
31	500–550	538	281.00–293.50	290.49
2	550–600	597	283.00	283.00
4	600–650	614	251.50–260.00	257.85
10	700–750	728	230.00–247.00	239.84
7	750–800	763	230.00–243.00	238.10
7	800–850	818	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	621	275.50	275.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	280.00	280.00
12	300–350	338	310.00–320.00	310.78
3	350–400	368	296.00	296.00
1	400–450	405	273.00	273.00
2	450–500	477	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	515	257.50–265.00	261.32
1	550–600	570	233.00	233.00
1	600–650	620	216.00	216.00
1	650–700	650	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	80.00	80.00

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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