Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.29/cwt on 38 head, down $28.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −10.59 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$445.29

▼ 28.07 vs prior sale

38 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$68.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.14

vs KY average

−26.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	460.76	2,462	27
Medium and Large 2	563	413.07	2,325	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	391.95	2,273	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.81/cwt here — about $189 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

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 sale38 hd

445.29

—

KY average25 barns · 1,190 hd

467.43

−22.14

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−26.91

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−10.59

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

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	411.08/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,347	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	391.95/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	737	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	428.47/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	446.25/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	341.58/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,654	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	443.96/cwt	430.00–457.00	2,517	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	322.42/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	466.74/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,240	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	373.56/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	812	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,736	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	432.57/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,643	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	391.81/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,598	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	482.20/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	396.31/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,461	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,152	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,185	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	454	503.13/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,284	8
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,318	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	454.42/cwt	451.00–457.50	1,922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	414.39/cwt	413.00–420.00	2,138	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	373.79/cwt	372.00–377.00	2,306	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	513.94/cwt	502.00–540.00	2,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	389.98/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,086	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	386.96/cwt	383.00–392.50	2,179	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	478.53/cwt	477.00–485.00	1,823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	440.33/cwt	429.00–457.00	2,092	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,463	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	400.83/cwt	390.00–412.00	1,956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	354.63/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,259	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	482	472.58/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,278	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	479.86/cwt	479.00–485.00	2,097	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	405	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	343.73/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	364.28/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,076	4

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 341Last week 1,037Year ago 1,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	445	445.00	445.00
7	450–500	470	410.00–445.00	428.47
1	500–550	505	427.00	427.00
7	550–600	571	400.00–420.00	411.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	402.50	402.50
3	550–600	580	386.00–395.00	391.95
2	600–650	605	379.00	379.00
1	650–700	675	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	737	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	785	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	360	505.00	505.00
6	400–450	431	472.50–485.00	482.20
17	450–500	480	455.00–475.00	466.74
12	500–550	518	435.00–450.00	446.25
9	550–600	567	430.00–457.00	443.96
10	600–650	621	385.00–415.00	396.31
23	650–700	663	372.00–400.00	391.81
7	700–750	718	367.50–380.00	373.56
10	750–800	777	330.00–350.00	341.58
4	800–850	826	310.00–329.00	322.42
1	850–900	850	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	515.00	515.00
8	600–650	611	425.00–440.00	432.57
14	800–850	812	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	550.00	550.00
4	400–450	420	502.00–540.00	513.94
8	450–500	454	500.00–525.00	503.13
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	362.00	362.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	475	404.00	404.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	500	437.00	437.00
3	550–600	558	420.00	420.00
2	600–650	602	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
10	350–400	381	477.00–485.00	478.53
3	400–450	423	451.00–457.50	454.42
28	450–500	475	429.00–457.00	440.33
11	500–550	535	385.00–400.00	389.98
13	550–600	563	383.00–392.50	386.96
7	600–650	637	350.00–358.00	354.63
4	650–700	664	342.50–345.00	343.73
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
4	750–800	787	317.00	317.00
1	800–850	805	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	516	413.00–420.00	414.39
12	600–650	617	372.00–377.00	373.79
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	405	417.00	417.00
2	450–500	488	390.00–412.00	400.83
4	550–600	570	355.00–373.00	364.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	437	479.00–485.00	479.86
7	450–500	482	465.00–475.00	472.58
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	315.00	315.00

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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