Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.44/cwt on 12 head, up $2.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +9.00 against this barn's trailing median of $410.44.

Average price

$419.44

▲ 2.13 vs prior sale

12 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$26.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.49

vs KY average

+3.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	421.67	2,285	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	395.00	2,133	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

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 sale12 hd

419.44

—

KY average23 barns · 1,193 hd

416.95

+2.49

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

+3.33

This barn, trailing median14 sales

410.44

+9.00

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

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	429.13/cwt	429.00–430.00	2,317	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,272	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	447.26/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	405.21/cwt	403.00–407.50	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	457.45/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 35Last week 562Year ago 448

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	455.00–460.00	457.45
1	400–450	425	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	535	403.00–407.50	405.21
2	550–600	555	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	540	429.00–430.00	429.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	640	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	607	438.00	438.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	435.00–465.00	447.26
1	550–600	565	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	427.00	427.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	570	400.00	400.00

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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