Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.15/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −67.73 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$388.15

55 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$64.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.75

vs KY average

−21.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	396.53	2,198	45
Medium and Large 2	538	354.93	1,910	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	332.50	1,845	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.03/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale55 hd

388.15

—

KY average25 barns · 1,136 hd

396.90

−8.75

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−21.15

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−67.73

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%	High	870	169.00	1,470	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2	850–900	890	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	796	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,909	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	376.20/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,024	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	373.20/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,105	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	375.97/cwt	364.00–384.00	2,316	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	319.36/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	327.11/cwt	324.00–330.00	2,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	377.09/cwt	369.00–385.00	1,961	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	409.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,383	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	307.45/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,214	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	359.36/cwt	353.00–366.00	2,551	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,552	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	329.77/cwt	325.00–331.00	2,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	365.42/cwt	360.00–371.00	1,714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	333.29/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	413.73/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	396.82/cwt	395.00–398.00	1,694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	336.27/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	406.14/cwt	392.00–408.00	2,473	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	384.16/cwt	371.00–397.50	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	356.67/cwt	346.00–362.50	1,901	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	343.83/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,094	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	319.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	411.26/cwt	397.50–417.00	1,941	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	417.45/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	307.49/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,267	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	360.93/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	392.12/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,764	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	334.11/cwt	312.00–345.00	2,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	355.63/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,896	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	348.59/cwt	342.00–364.00	1,987	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	327.00/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,050	11

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 Aug 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 459Last week 323Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	438	412.50–415.00	413.73
12	450–500	472	397.50–417.00	411.26
16	500–550	538	374.00–380.00	376.20
5	550–600	580	387.00	387.00
8	600–650	616	364.00–384.00	375.97
5	650–700	656	325.00–331.00	329.77
17	700–750	710	353.00–366.00	359.36
6	750–800	776	330.00–340.00	333.29
1	800–850	845	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	890	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	516	415.00–420.00	417.45
16	550–600	582	400.00–410.00	409.38
27	600–650	609	392.00–408.00	406.14
21	650–700	656	389.00	389.00
65	700–750	705	370.00–394.00	392.12
64	750–800	796	365.50	365.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	465.00	465.00
1	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	533	350.00–358.00	355.63
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
8	600–650	609	330.00–351.00	343.83
3	650–700	687	312.00–345.00	334.11
4	700–750	725	315.00–325.00	319.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	665	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	520	369.00–385.00	377.09
14	550–600	564	370.00–379.00	373.20
10	600–650	628	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	371.00–397.50	384.16
2	400–450	433	357.00–365.00	360.93
8	450–500	469	360.00–371.00	365.42
19	500–550	533	346.00–362.50	356.67
12	550–600	570	342.00–364.00	348.59
11	600–650	627	324.00–335.00	327.00
7	650–700	672	324.00–330.00	327.11
4	700–750	720	300.00–320.00	307.45
1	800–850	830	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	395.00–398.00	396.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	334.00	334.00
2	500–550	528	335.00–337.50	336.27
1	550–600	580	336.00	336.00
3	600–650	631	305.00–312.50	307.49
1	750–800	765	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	437.50	437.50
1	500–550	540	323.00	323.00
6	550–600	571	318.00–322.00	319.36
2	600–650	635	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	169.00	169.00

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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