Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.54/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −131.34 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$324.54

22 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$404

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

$55.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.35

vs KY average

−23.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	334.47	1,827	17thin
Medium and Large 2	576	293.72	1,692	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	279.00	1,423	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.47/cwt here — about $404 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

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 sale22 hd

324.54

—

KY average24 barns · 818 hd

318.19

+6.35

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−23.70

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−131.34

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	2,005	165.00	3,308	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	92.36	993	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2	450–500	486	311.26/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	351.02/cwt	341.00–356.00	1,306	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	273.27/cwt	273.00–274.00	2,148	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	277.84/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	323.65/cwt	314.00–335.00	1,712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	232.41/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	743	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,036	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	283.48/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,902	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	333.03/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	330.93/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,893	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	92.36/cwt	90.00–95.00	993	2
Bulls	—	—	2,005	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	229.94/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	280.10/cwt	270.00–285.50	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	304.23/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,011	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	246.60/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	279.99/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	293.27/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,384	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	251.78/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	259.00/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	307.55/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,904	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	293.72/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	265.67/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,937	8

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 Feb 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 919Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	397	341.00	341.00
4	450–500	486	310.00–315.00	311.26
1	500–550	525	296.00	296.00
1	600–650	630	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	372	341.00–356.00	351.02
4	400–450	441	330.00–335.00	333.03
4	500–550	529	314.00–335.00	323.65
8	550–600	572	328.00–334.00	330.93
5	600–650	638	270.00–285.00	277.84
16	650–700	671	270.00–288.00	283.48
8	700–750	729	260.00–269.00	265.67
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00
2	800–850	830	225.00–240.00	232.41
1	900–950	935	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	346.00	346.00
16	600–650	619	307.00–310.00	307.55
2	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
7	700–750	743	274.00	274.00
7	750–800	786	273.00–274.00	273.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	279.00	279.00
3	600–650	648	252.00	252.00
1	750–800	790	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	576	290.00–295.00	293.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	585	250.00–253.00	251.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	325	311.00	311.00
5	350–400	375	302.00–310.00	304.23
3	400–450	411	307.00	307.00
10	450–500	472	287.00–299.00	293.27
3	500–550	512	270.00–285.50	280.10
9	550–600	566	270.00–288.00	279.99
2	600–650	625	255.00–263.00	259.00
3	650–700	661	243.00–254.00	246.60
2	700–750	740	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	790	220.00–240.00	229.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	293.00	293.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	90.00–95.00	92.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	165.00	165.00

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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