Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-10-23

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Oct 23
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
21 vs last sale 307 359 vs year ago 687 · 52.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 5 · 80.0%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $399.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 55.94 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.
Average price
$399.95
22 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.55
vs KY average
58.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547399.952,18822
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale22 hd
399.95
KY average26 barns · 1,146 hd
405.50
−5.55
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−58.19
This barn, trailing median13 sales
455.89
−55.94
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low895121.001,0831thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686321.17/cwt320.00–323.002,2035
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636361.84/cwt360.00–375.002,3018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900866345.75/cwt345.75–345.752,99461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950942325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,06212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300275435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900852330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565350.55/cwt342.00–355.001,9813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800775297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,5362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350308383.38/cwt380.00–385.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623339.38/cwt332.00–342.002,1146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,6401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750724320.92/cwt320.00–321.002,32313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518352.36/cwt340.00–357.001,82515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440378.94/cwt369.00–384.001,6673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,2571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450421440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500450440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400390422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,6461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350320442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,4141
CowsLean 85-90%895121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770334.94/cwt330.00–340.002,5792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000957326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,12014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550543363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650628345.77/cwt345.00–346.002,17113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520335.05/cwt330.00–340.001,7422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550530409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,1688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600562402.09/cwt400.00–403.002,26010
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,6111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800769364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,7995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480407.59/cwt400.00–413.001,9563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650626388.24/cwt384.00–390.002,43039
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500463374.49/cwt374.00–375.001,7342
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490343.74/cwt342.50–345.001,6842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,7301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,5362
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900890274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,4392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950931337.25/cwt337.25–337.253,14054
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,5351

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.