Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good to very good demand for all feeder classes with sharply stronger undertones.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.56/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −118.32 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$337.56

170 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$36.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

vs KY average

−21.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	345.17	1,921	125
Medium and Large 2	545	320.09	1,744	31
Medium and Large 2-3	581	308.33	1,792	14thin

One grade step is worth $36.84/cwt here — about $129 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

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 sale170 hd

337.56

—

KY average24 barns · 1,307 hd

340.74

−3.18

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−21.11

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−118.32

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,070	119.84	1,283	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	909	106.53	968	4thin

Every lot, as filed

113 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 2	500–550	517	316.76/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,638	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	266.32/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	322.84/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,834	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	273.43/cwt	261.00–278.00	2,119	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	311.10/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,991	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	299.04/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	411.40/cwt	402.50–420.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	453	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	285.75/cwt	275.00–289.50	2,040	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	385.80/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	312	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	337.46/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,765	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	298.50/cwt	290.00–306.00	2,003	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	403.25/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	336.52/cwt	330.00–344.50	1,945	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	222.00/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,099	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	407.55/cwt	402.50–415.00	1,524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	385.83/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	405.79/cwt	397.50–410.00	1,380	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	374.68/cwt	370.00–379.00	1,622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	375.18/cwt	373.00–377.50	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	255.96/cwt	250.00–256.50	2,291	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	325.77/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,017	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,916	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	293.02/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	310.88/cwt	309.00–314.00	1,828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	364.52/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	235.54/cwt	232.00–239.00	2,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	309.94/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,073	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,995	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	752	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,121	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	671	277.39/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	309.52/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	334.94/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,155	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,326	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,197	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	102.71/cwt	100.00–105.00	957	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	408.27/cwt	407.50–409.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	366.67/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,547	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	350.58/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,609	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	425.26/cwt	410.00–429.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	330.10/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,693	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	411.48/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	314.22/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,524	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	236.30/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	382.59/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	527	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	354.95/cwt	351.00–358.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	378.55/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	309.08/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,638	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	251.46/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	281.46/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,779	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	313.97/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,883	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	292.59/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,776	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	357.39/cwt	354.00–366.00	1,869	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	380.79/cwt	376.00–387.50	1,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	322.32/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,686	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	800	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,028	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	276.86/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	366.16/cwt	365.00–367.50	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	375.09/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	263.28/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	328.89/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	335.95/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,633	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	257.76/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	342.59/cwt	340.00–345.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	281.97/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	325.07/cwt	321.00–328.00	1,609	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	632	247.52/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	353.28/cwt	345.00–357.50	943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	268.69/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,803	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	294.74/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,745	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	250.74/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,793	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	399.34/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,478	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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,225Last week 198Year ago 769

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 11

Good to very good demand for all feeder classes with sharply stronger undertones.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	390	387.50	387.50
3	400–450	435	385.00–387.50	385.83
3	450–500	480	373.00–377.50	375.18
14	500–550	517	314.00–320.00	316.76
17	550–600	568	320.00–327.00	322.84
3	600–650	618	295.00–301.00	299.04
2	650–700	675	289.00	289.00
10	700–750	741	263.00–269.00	266.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	437.50	437.50
2	300–350	312	432.50	432.50
3	350–400	350	421.00	421.00
1	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	453	428.00	428.00
5	500–550	515	376.00–387.50	380.79
2	550–600	555	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	290	402.50–420.00	411.40
7	300–350	340	397.50–410.00	405.79
7	350–400	374	402.50–415.00	407.55
14	400–450	433	392.50–405.00	403.25
9	450–500	472	380.00–390.00	385.80
12	500–550	523	330.00–347.50	337.46
68	550–600	578	330.00–344.50	336.52
84	600–650	640	305.00–320.00	311.10
38	650–700	671	290.00–306.00	298.50
24	700–750	714	275.00–289.50	285.75
43	750–800	775	261.00–278.00	273.43
1	800–850	820	274.00	274.00
12	850–900	895	250.00–256.50	255.96
2	900–950	947	242.00	242.00
2	950–1000	960	232.00–239.00	235.54
1	1000–1050	1,000	227.50	227.50
6	1050–1100	1,099	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	372.50	372.50
4	400–450	433	370.00–379.00	374.68
9	450–500	470	360.00–367.50	364.52
2	500–550	540	291.00–295.00	293.02
12	550–600	588	309.00–314.00	310.88
1	600–650	605	282.50	282.50
8	650–700	671	277.00–278.00	277.39
3	700–750	703	256.00	256.00
2	850–900	875	220.00–224.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	400.00	400.00
27	500–550	523	354.00–366.00	357.39
11	550–600	562	355.00	355.00
12	600–650	619	325.00–328.00	325.77
35	650–700	669	308.00–312.00	309.94
3	700–750	710	291.00	291.00
5	750–800	752	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	310.00	310.00
1	250–300	255	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	330	339.00	339.00
2	350–400	378	313.00–315.00	313.97
15	450–500	485	310.00–315.00	314.22
4	500–550	525	275.00–282.50	276.86
1	550–600	590	279.00	279.00
4	600–650	632	245.00–250.00	247.52
4	650–700	669	235.00–240.00	236.30
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
28	500–550	523	320.00–330.00	322.32
4	550–600	561	300.00–310.00	304.95
26	600–650	607	290.00–296.00	292.59
8	700–750	716	263.00	263.00
64	800–850	800	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	397.50	397.50
2	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	385	410.00–412.50	411.48
5	400–450	426	410.00–429.00	425.26
21	450–500	459	350.00–353.00	350.58
2	500–550	527	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	345.00–357.50	353.28
4	300–350	322	375.00–390.00	378.55
4	350–400	370	397.50–400.00	399.34
7	400–450	441	351.00–358.00	354.95
33	450–500	486	329.00–345.00	335.95
30	500–550	530	300.00–319.00	309.08
35	550–600	592	285.00–298.00	294.74
61	600–650	632	274.00–287.00	281.46
74	650–700	671	260.00–271.00	268.69
16	700–750	715	240.00–255.00	250.74
2	750–800	770	245.00–258.00	251.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	340.00–345.00	342.59
2	300–350	323	365.00–367.50	366.16
3	350–400	368	370.00–377.50	375.09
8	400–450	436	325.00–330.00	328.89
15	450–500	495	321.00–328.00	325.07
2	500–550	535	289.00	289.00
6	550–600	577	277.50–283.00	281.97
3	600–650	625	260.00–265.00	263.28
8	650–700	688	256.00–258.00	257.76
2	750–800	780	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	407.50	407.50
2	300–350	307	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	360	407.50–409.00	408.27
9	400–450	422	355.00–370.00	366.67
1	450–500	485	343.00	343.00
12	500–550	513	320.00–335.00	330.10
2	550–600	558	304.00–315.00	309.52
2	650–700	682	278.00	278.00
1	750–800	780	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	890	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	363	380.00–385.00	382.59
1	450–500	460	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	478	330.00–337.50	334.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	420.00	420.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	120.00–126.00	123.01
1	—	1,055	113.50	113.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	100.00–105.00	102.71
1	—	840	118.00	118.00

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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