Farmers Regional Livestock Market Report

Glasgow, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 16, 2023

1,068 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $238.26/cwt +1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,931/hd at 810 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $210.15/cwt -3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,104/hd at 526 lb · 58 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.40/cwt +12.40 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 454 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,068	968	927
Feeder cattle	696	643	548
Slaughter cattle	239	225	198
Replacement cattle	133	100	181

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder bulls under 500lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher with feeder bulls 350lbs to 400lbs sharply higher. Feeder bulls over 500lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly steady with feeder heifers over 500lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,140	-3.00
525–538	537	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,235	-13.00
568	568	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,386	+5.00
609–647	622	18	227.00–234.00	$231.57	$1,440	—
680–688	687	10	210.00–214.50	$214.05	$1,471	-3.95
771–773	772	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,544	-24.00
785 value added	785	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,727	—
810 value added	810	61	239.00	$239.00	$1,936	+1.50
830	830	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,602	-22.00
868–881	876	5	180.00–193.00	$185.15	$1,622	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	209.00	$209.00	$909	—
538	538	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,076	—
605	605	4	192.00	$192.00	$1,162	-22.00
700	700	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	6	196.00	$196.00	$921	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	209.50	$209.50	$639	—
370–394	379	33	203.00–217.00	$210.00	$796	-0.81
454–457	454	44	204.00–214.00	$212.40	$964	+12.40
524–530	525	56	200.00–212.00	$209.62	$1,101	-1.89
540 value added	540	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,215	+1.00
550–592	587	42	210.00–215.00	$210.74	$1,237	+0.52
653–667	661	9	194.00–201.00	$199.90	$1,321	-5.39
738	738	4	176.00	$176.00	$1,299	—
795	795	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,391	-5.88
850	850	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,538	—
973	973	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,644	+19.00
1165	1165	4	148.00	$148.00	$1,724	—
1225	1225	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,666	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	17	195.00	$195.00	$864	—
597	597	4	194.00	$194.00	$1,158	—
651–670	664	9	182.50–185.00	$183.32	$1,217	-3.68
755	755	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,155	-7.00
815	815	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,165	—
965	965	2	150.00–153.00	$151.50	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	167.50	$167.50	$653	—
485	485	2	160.00	$160.00	$776	—
569	569	7	170.00	$170.00	$967	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–798	782	3	159.00–162.50	$160.12	$1,252	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	231.00	$231.00	$716	±0.00
391	391	19	252.00	$252.00	$985	+19.00
454	454	20	237.50	$237.50	$1,078	+4.00
513	513	29	222.00	$222.00	$1,139	-5.00
582	582	16	217.00	$217.00	$1,263	±0.00
656–697	673	14	175.00–180.00	$177.82	$1,197	-23.18
721–748	735	6	165.00–173.50	$169.17	$1,243	-1.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	10	223.00	$223.00	$827	—
441–446	443	10	204.00–210.00	$207.58	$920	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
212	212	2	216.50	$216.50	$459	—
360	360	1	235.00	$235.00	$846	—
507	507	9	189.00	$189.00	$958	—
616	616	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,170	+9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1090	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,185.00–1,210.00	$1,197.65	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1065	876	85-90%	10	50.00–66.00	$58.83	$515	—
750–1215	969	85-90%	25	70.00–81.00	$75.82	$735	—
890–1100	984	85-90%	8	94.00–104.00	$96.82	$953	—
895–1220	1074	85-90%	34	82.00–92.50	$87.11	$936	-8.02

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1515	1225	80-85%	17	99.00–112.50	$104.06	$1,275	—
1050–1495	1233	80-85%	48	87.00–98.50	$93.51	$1,153	—
1325	1325	80-85%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,073	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1475	1445	75-80%	6	98.00–102.00	$100.00	$1,445	—
1355–1840	1519	75-80%	19	88.00–97.50	$94.39	$1,434	-7.17
1565	1565	75-80%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,268	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–2455	1383	14	100.00–111.00	$106.54	$1,473	—
1500–1905	1685	8	124.00–129.00	$126.23	$2,127	—
1040–2120	1723	19	112.00–123.50	$117.52	$2,025	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–985	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	925.00–985.00	$956.19
830–1100	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$835.49
925–1265	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,425.00	$1,218.42
895–1245	1074	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	800.00–1,175.00	$983.81
985–1140	1088	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,375.00	$1,246.78
1095–1097	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,116.66
1117	1117	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	935.00	$935.00
965–1248	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,075.00–1,475.00	$1,277.75
850–1460	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,450.00	$1,268.47
990–1275	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,025.00–1,360.00	$1,154.65
1020–1485	1260	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	935.00–1,260.00	$1,158.92

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1052	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060–1135	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,500.00	$1,396.55	—
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1380	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	+250.00
1722	1722	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	885.00	$885.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1166	1166	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,353	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.