Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.63/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −182.81 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.

Average price

$227.63

51 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$27.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs KY average

−12.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	231.99	1,254	43
Medium and Large 2-3	542	204.17	1,107	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale51 hd

227.63

—

KY average26 barns · 1,384 hd

230.48

−2.85

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−12.46

This barn, trailing median14 sales

410.44

−182.81

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	1,975	146.50	2,893	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	500–550	505	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	618	234.55/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,450	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	241.71/cwt	233.00–253.00	1,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	242.26/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,403	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	231.37/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	214.13/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,349	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	213.12/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	268.24/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,569	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	507	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	243.34/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,253	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	218.84/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	234.47/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	241.38/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,258	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	554	199.56/cwt	192.50–205.00	1,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	606	189.48/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,148	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	227.36/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,232	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	224.04/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,259	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	221.76/cwt	207.00–226.00	1,481	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	235.72/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,339	9
Bulls	—	—	1,975	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	2,893	1

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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 569Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 9Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	505	254.00	254.00
8	600–650	618	232.00–239.00	234.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	233.00–253.00	241.71
6	500–550	515	230.00–251.00	243.34
9	550–600	568	225.00–245.00	235.72
6	600–650	606	210.00–221.00	218.84
4	650–700	693	219.50	219.50
1	750–800	755	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	210.00	210.00
2	650–700	685	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
6	550–600	579	233.00–250.00	242.26
1	600–650	600	238.00	238.00
4	650–700	678	221.00–240.00	231.37
3	700–750	700	224.00	224.00
2	900–950	935	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	585	260.00–270.00	268.24
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
4	650–700	693	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	532	227.50	227.50
1	550–600	580	226.00	226.00
2	650–700	667	216.00	216.00
1	750–800	775	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
4	450–500	486	220.00–240.00	234.47
9	500–550	542	220.00–234.00	227.36
16	550–600	562	210.00–228.00	224.04
14	600–650	630	205.00–223.00	214.13
5	650–700	668	207.00–226.00	221.76
6	700–750	725	200.00–222.00	213.12
2	750–800	777	218.00	218.00
3	800–850	825	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	210.00	210.00
2	500–550	507	218.00	218.00
6	550–600	554	192.50–205.00	199.56
4	600–650	606	180.00–199.00	189.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	521	235.00–244.00	241.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	146.50	146.50

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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