Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.23/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −104.66 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$351.23

51 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$55.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.24

vs KY average

−26.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	364.42	1,994	35
Medium and Large 2	548	330.58	1,812	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	308.69	1,744	6thin

One grade step is worth $55.73/cwt here — about $249 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 sale51 hd

351.23

—

KY average27 barns · 1,140 hd

365.47

−14.24

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−26.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−104.66

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%	Average	944	132.33	1,249	3thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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 2-3	400–450	405	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	406	377.45/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,320	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,464	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	418	415.24/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	457	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	368.59/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,412	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	328.89/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,750	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	252.52/cwt	245.00–260.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	343.20/cwt	338.00–347.50	1,634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	358.00/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	257.28/cwt	255.00–258.00	2,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	295.63/cwt	292.50–296.00	2,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	275.20/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	328.00/cwt	322.00–333.00	2,234	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	294.13/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,821	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	355.73/cwt	339.00–357.50	2,223	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	383.77/cwt	374.00–390.00	1,834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	304.38/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,234	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,390	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	327.54/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,815	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	308.69/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	320.29/cwt	313.00–333.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	328.88/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	275.70/cwt	269.00–282.50	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	258.34/cwt	247.50–272.50	1,713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	332.27/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	290.20/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	358.45/cwt	356.00–365.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	275.52/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	308.62/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	328.38/cwt	317.00–334.00	2,036	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	303.28/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,350	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	308.01/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	306.11/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,258	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	279.50/cwt	279.00–280.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	378.87/cwt	375.00–384.00	1,974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	337.67/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,746	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	325.22/cwt	321.00–328.00	2,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	911	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,159	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	357.78/cwt	351.00–361.00	2,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	307.67/cwt	291.00–311.00	2,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,975	36

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 436Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	360	382.50	382.50
3	500–550	538	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	580	322.00	322.00
7	600–650	619	285.00–299.00	294.13
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	409.00	409.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	313.00–333.00	320.29
6	550–600	565	300.00–314.00	308.69
2	600–650	613	270.00–281.00	275.52
2	650–700	680	269.00–282.50	275.70
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	465.00	465.00
6	400–450	418	410.00–422.50	415.24
2	450–500	457	403.00	403.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	427.50	427.50
3	400–450	441	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	478	374.00–390.00	383.77
2	500–550	515	345.00–371.00	358.00
22	550–600	563	351.00–361.00	357.78
9	600–650	620	317.00–334.00	328.38
48	650–700	681	322.00–333.00	328.00
16	700–750	734	304.00–310.00	304.38
6	750–800	765	291.00–311.00	307.67
4	800–850	821	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	855	275.00	275.00
1	900–950	935	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	375.00–384.00	378.87
45	600–650	625	339.00–357.50	355.73
10	700–750	720	321.00–328.00	325.22
14	750–800	761	314.00	314.00
21	800–850	816	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	356.00–365.00	358.45
5	500–550	525	330.00–334.00	332.27
5	550–600	571	320.00–335.00	328.88
3	600–650	628	300.00–309.00	306.11
3	650–700	685	300.00–310.00	303.28
2	700–750	735	279.00–280.00	279.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	579	288.00–293.00	290.20
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	663	247.50–272.50	258.34
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	870	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
3	400–450	406	372.50–380.00	377.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	387.50	387.50
5	350–400	383	365.00–372.50	368.59
2	400–450	420	347.50	347.50
11	450–500	476	338.00–347.50	343.20
26	500–550	532	321.00–334.00	328.89
22	550–600	554	313.00–330.00	327.54
4	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
9	650–700	685	292.50–296.00	295.63
11	700–750	717	263.00–278.00	275.20
4	750–800	780	255.00–258.00	257.28
2	800–850	818	245.00–260.00	252.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	484	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	523	300.00–317.00	308.62
4	550–600	588	305.00–309.00	308.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	517	336.00–339.00	337.67
36	600–650	633	312.00	312.00
5	700–750	716	290.00	290.00
7	900–950	911	237.00	237.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	138.00–139.00	138.49
1	—	925	120.00	120.00

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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