Sale reports / Kentucky / Glasgow Livestock Auction / 2025-12-11

Glasgow Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur), Kentucky · Thu, Dec 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2229
Feeder Cattle receipts
619 head
39 vs last sale 580 234 vs year ago 853 · 27.4%
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 $390.85/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 65.04 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.
Average price
$390.85
66 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$59.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.05
vs KY average
39.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549401.492,20353
Medium and Large 2581356.392,0705thin
Medium and Large 2-3543341.861,8578thin
One grade step is worth $59.64/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale66 hd
390.85
KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd
396.90
−6.05
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−39.78
This barn, trailing median13 sales
455.89
−65.04
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
BullsAverage1,760183.003,2211thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2-3300–350335362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,2131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350345422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750718293.86/cwt280.00–305.002,1103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350325401.02/cwt400.00–402.001,3032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850806326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,62833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800788335.71/cwt327.00–339.502,64593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500495409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000965300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1000–10501,015295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,9949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750706339.69/cwt331.00–348.002,39822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650638356.98/cwt355.00–360.002,27810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419400.34/cwt390.00–415.001,6775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650612342.85/cwt330.00–345.002,0987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737321.75/cwt314.00–324.002,3717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600572402.93/cwt400.00–406.002,3056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950900310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,79019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550540412.13/cwt408.00–435.002,22630
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950910304.62/cwt301.00–305.002,77221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1181
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650620315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9531
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480371.26/cwt370.00–372.501,7822
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,095240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,6281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700656358.50/cwt358.50–358.502,35233
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600557338.63/cwt327.00–345.001,8863
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550535343.79/cwt340.00–346.001,8395
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420386.14/cwt380.00–389.001,6223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800781318.24/cwt305.00–324.002,4856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850814316.84/cwt302.00–321.002,5796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700690310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450416442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,8394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515378.63/cwt371.00–387.001,9504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900864302.82/cwt295.00–310.002,6164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,5861
Bulls1,760183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6771
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7531
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900887281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,4922
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750715277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525341.73/cwt337.00–351.001,7944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428375.85/cwt375.00–380.001,6097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576336.67/cwt326.00–344.001,93928
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650630250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400396406.10/cwt397.50–409.001,6087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771306.63/cwt298.00–313.002,36431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850840313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,6292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550510356.75/cwt356.00–357.501,8192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668319.74/cwt314.00–324.502,1369
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568316.52/cwt315.00–321.001,7984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850846291.40/cwt289.00–295.002,4655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600573350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750724318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,30219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650607332.73/cwt332.00–334.002,02011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476373.38/cwt367.00–383.001,77720
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800762289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,2024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600591355.49/cwt349.00–360.002,1014
SteersMedium 1-2750–800775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500466433.05/cwt427.00–457.502,01811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720298.01/cwt294.00–301.002,1467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378374.37/cwt373.00–375.001,4153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400389439.58/cwt437.00–440.001,7107
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568383.31/cwt366.00–386.002,17713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668347.67/cwt335.00–354.002,32210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700659329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1689
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619325.52/cwt319.00–328.002,01514
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9391

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.