Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.77/cwt on 66 head, down $19.53 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +14.89 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$470.77

▼ 19.53 vs prior sale

66 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$827

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

$152.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

vs KY average

−8.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	474.49	2,598	63
Medium and Large 2	562	428.00	2,405	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	322.00	1,771	1thin

One grade step is worth $152.49/cwt here — about $827 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale66 hd

470.77

—

KY average25 barns · 1,429 hd

471.15

−0.38

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−8.26

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

+14.89

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,401	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,337	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	461.62/cwt	450.00–473.00	2,216	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	567.65/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	451.04/cwt	449.00–457.50	2,639	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	353.65/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	478.30/cwt	457.00–481.00	2,415	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	447.21/cwt	436.00–450.00	2,701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	498.14/cwt	492.00–517.50	2,620	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	524.59/cwt	507.00–527.00	2,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	459.28/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	418.37/cwt	417.50–423.00	2,255	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	307.08/cwt	306.00–310.00	2,331	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	716	292.58/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,095	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	493.43/cwt	490.00–497.00	1,816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	364.21/cwt	361.00–365.00	2,458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,288	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,999	1

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 Apr 23, 2026

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

Receipts 188Last week 542Year ago 220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	555.00	555.00
2	550–600	552	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	635	368.00	368.00
5	650–700	675	361.00–365.00	364.21
2	700–750	712	346.00	346.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	368	560.00–575.00	567.65
1	400–450	405	512.00	512.00
8	450–500	473	507.00–527.00	524.59
11	500–550	505	457.00–481.00	478.30
27	550–600	585	449.00–457.50	451.04
1	600–650	630	408.00	408.00
4	650–700	677	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	450.00–473.00	461.62
2	550–600	562	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	421.00	421.00
1	550–600	550	322.00	322.00
1	700–750	735	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	526	492.00–517.50	498.14
10	600–650	604	436.00–450.00	447.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	490.00–497.00	493.43
7	450–500	477	450.00–462.50	459.28
9	500–550	539	417.50–423.00	418.37
2	600–650	635	347.50–360.00	353.65
1	700–750	725	330.00	330.00
11	750–800	759	306.00–310.00	307.08
2	800–850	810	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
6	450–500	495	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	560	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	615	333.00	333.00
4	700–750	716	290.00–300.00	292.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	487.50	487.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	517	442.50	442.50
5	600–650	634	373.00	373.00

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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