Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-09-25

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Sep 25
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Receipts
307 head
461 vs last sale 768 119 vs year ago 188 · +63.3%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.73/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 61.71 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.
Average price
$348.73
55 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$47.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.40
vs KY average
17.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541354.021,91547
Medium and Large 2558324.221,8105thin
Medium and Large 2-3577306.651,7693thin
One grade step is worth $47.37/cwt here — about $145 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 sale55 hd
348.73
KY average26 barns · 1,782 hd
363.13
−14.40
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−17.12
This barn, trailing median14 sales
410.44
−61.71
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

59 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 1-2350–400390429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,6734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543354.76/cwt350.00–358.501,92631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550521382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450437375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500495352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753345.97/cwt338.00–347.002,6059
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600552336.96/cwt332.00–347.501,8608
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472351.86/cwt345.00–370.001,6619
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704312.09/cwt311.00–315.002,19711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520326.04/cwt318.00–340.001,6953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673328.01/cwt318.00–338.002,20825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362364.34/cwt355.00–372.501,3195
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450427377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600589333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,96110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800776289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,2433
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400352387.55/cwt380.00–397.501,3643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613330.51/cwt324.00–343.002,0263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450437393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,7172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300285470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500475380.84/cwt379.00–387.501,80924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450421390.23/cwt387.00–400.001,64317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450405435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7621
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550538308.77/cwt307.50–310.001,6612
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6271
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600577306.65/cwt305.00–310.001,7693
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500482315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750715282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0161
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7131
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850820338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,7722
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900885275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4341
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8621
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569322.77/cwt320.00–326.001,8374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550521368.22/cwt362.50–372.501,9188
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700687345.29/cwt338.00–352.502,3726
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6441
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,5561
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650601372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,2367
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,9561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850811321.55/cwt318.00–323.002,6087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750711328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,3325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350310435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900877318.00/cwt315.00–319.002,7898
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750705300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700684369.40/cwt359.00–374.002,52713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900863326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,8138

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.