Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-09-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 11
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
768 head
309 vs last sale 459 199 vs year ago 569 · +35.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 3 7 vs year ago 9 · 77.8%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.02/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 92.86 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.
Average price
$363.02
57 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$31.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
30.72
vs KY average
50.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574368.502,11447
Medium and Large 2556337.281,87510thin
One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $239 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
504465426386median 455.8901/0802/2604/0906/1108/13
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 sale57 hd
363.02
KY average23 barns · 1,229 hd
393.74
−30.72
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−50.50
This barn, trailing median13 sales
455.89
−92.86
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285250.003,2131thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600581394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,2899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600552378.50/cwt378.50–378.502,08922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477394.43/cwt385.00–407.501,88116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700665353.97/cwt351.00–356.002,354130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000976325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,17253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450444361.95/cwt350.00–379.001,60710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300255415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300273399.36/cwt390.00–410.001,0902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550542342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668341.42/cwt340.00–342.002,2817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583358.80/cwt355.00–370.002,09229
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450412421.87/cwt420.00–431.001,7386
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,036199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,0673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650623320.10/cwt315.00–325.001,9942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000985203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800750302.50/cwt298.00–307.002,2692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575331.45/cwt320.00–342.001,9069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372379.12/cwt370.00–390.001,4106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,6685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480371.85/cwt355.00–379.001,78518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250235485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623319.16/cwt311.00–325.501,9884
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415390.05/cwt383.00–402.001,6194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350335410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500485383.92/cwt380.00–389.001,86213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400381457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,7413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450434427.94/cwt420.00–442.001,8574
SteersSelect and Choice1,285250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4792
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400387350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3552
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478340.61/cwt325.00–345.001,6288
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445343.75/cwt342.50–345.001,5302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500487356.58/cwt350.00–370.001,7373
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700695277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9291
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565324.19/cwt320.00–326.001,8325
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400395307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2151
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650620290.55/cwt285.00–292.001,8015
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700678325.52/cwt321.00–330.002,2072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435407.50/cwt405.00–410.001,7732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571335.21/cwt330.00–350.001,9148
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650605307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500483329.68/cwt310.00–335.001,5926
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450412315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2982
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600568339.67/cwt333.00–347.501,9297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650623349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550529383.61/cwt376.00–385.502,02919
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550528331.69/cwt325.00–345.001,7513
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320353.31/cwt350.00–355.001,1313
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800798338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,70168
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750746364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,71513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950907342.50/cwt342.50–342.503,10648
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900858341.75/cwt341.75–341.752,93218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850843354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,98460
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617340.66/cwt340.00–341.002,1023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536374.27/cwt370.00–377.502,0069
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700686360.49/cwt359.00–372.502,47353

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.