Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Jul 24
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
323 head
125 vs last sale 448 29 vs year ago 294 · +9.9%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.56/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 70.88 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.
Average price
$339.56
37 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$18.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.08
vs KY average
0.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542340.561,84735
Medium and Large 2595322.001,9162thin
One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about −$69 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

14 sales
443414385357median 410.4401/0802/2604/2306/2508/13
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 sale37 hd
339.56
KY average25 barns · 837 hd
331.48
+8.08
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−0.62
This barn, trailing median14 sales
410.44
−70.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

48 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450422365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350330419.70/cwt415.00–430.001,3853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400360490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400382400.60/cwt400.00–402.501,5304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450433379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,6417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500474359.26/cwt358.00–367.001,7037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700694310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350315447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,4101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250225375.00/cwt375.00–375.008441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300280387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,0851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475343.28/cwt342.50–344.001,6312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572336.02/cwt332.50–337.501,92213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617337.46/cwt335.00–340.002,0824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600557340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450407344.01/cwt340.00–345.001,4005
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660318.78/cwt310.00–320.502,10418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475338.37/cwt335.00–341.001,6076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629315.36/cwt313.00–324.001,9849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,1263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473373.54/cwt365.00–385.001,7675
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523371.46/cwt359.00–378.001,9433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800765330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526338.55/cwt332.00–343.001,78112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650621370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2988
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550520384.49/cwt380.00–385.001,99910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750731331.82/cwt330.00–335.002,42619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523348.89/cwt348.50–350.001,82510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650614334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,05136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700668337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,25181
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700665310.61/cwt303.00–318.002,0662
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600558340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8973
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500472322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,5202
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600595322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9162
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530336.62/cwt330.00–343.001,7842
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350328342.40/cwt330.00–355.001,1232
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500480317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901

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.