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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Nov 21

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,535 head

▲ 616 vs last sale 919▲ 1,535 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

186 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 155▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 78▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers under 500 pounds steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 pounds 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded unevenly steady. Feeder bulls under 400 pounds 2.00-5.00 higher, over 400 pounds 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.86/cwt on 715 head.

Average price

$116.86

715 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.13

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	117.30	663	660
Medium and Large 2-3	536	111.52	598	55

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale715 hd

116.86

—

KY average26 barns · 8,615 hd

118.98

−2.13

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,781	72.95	1,299	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	53.10	712	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	51.09	761	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,201	45.85	551	63

Every lot

77 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	243	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	346	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	167.83/cwt	166.00–171.00	468	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	576	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	394	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	540	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	146.96/cwt	143.00–150.00	622	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	431	118.81/cwt	116.00–135.00	512	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	472	131.29/cwt	128.00–133.50	620	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	117.82/cwt	114.50–124.00	602	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	133.60/cwt	132.25–138.50	716	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	124.55/cwt	123.50–130.00	792	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	636	117.73/cwt	112.00–120.00	749	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	894	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	897	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	118.00/cwt	117.00–124.00	857	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	112.45/cwt	112.00–114.00	851	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	946	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,021	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	198	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	257	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	274	139.91/cwt	136.00–144.00	383	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	139.14/cwt	138.00–141.00	501	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	366	130.80/cwt	129.00–132.00	479	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	433	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	585	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	121.57/cwt	118.00–123.50	536	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	111.33/cwt	111.00–112.00	540	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	588	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	111.39/cwt	108.50–113.50	603	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	637	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	113.60/cwt	112.00–114.00	638	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	562	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	568	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	627	99.54/cwt	97.00–100.00	624	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	111.87/cwt	110.00–112.00	703	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	104.57/cwt	103.75–105.50	707	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	675	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	714	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	932	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	748	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	681	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	804	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	769	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	880	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	890	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	523	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	334	144.57/cwt	140.00–155.00	483	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	555	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	521	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	597	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	439	126.43/cwt	126.00–126.50	555	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	462	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	578	13
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	485	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	490	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 2-3	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	548	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	655	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	556	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	612	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	685	75
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	104.53/cwt	93.00–107.50	653	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	119.05/cwt	115.00–119.75	751	70
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	648	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	596	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	113.18/cwt	106.00–114.00	796	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	799	10
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	305	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	114	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,566	67.24/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,053	7
Bulls	—	—	1,906	76.28/cwt	72.00–83.50	1,454	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	41.25/cwt	37.00–44.50	451	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,251	47.99/cwt	43.00–54.00	600	43
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	792	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	53.10/cwt	50.00–57.50	712	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,388	46.70/cwt	46.00–47.50	648	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	51.09/cwt	47.50–54.00	767	29
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	81.30/cwt	79.00–84.00	954	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	760	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,268	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	611.91/cwt	460.00–740.00	7,190	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,438	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,329	799.30/cwt	760.00–875.00	10,623	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,336	689.57/cwt	660.00–825.00	9,213	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	683.97/cwt	670.00–700.00	9,918	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	4,239	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	952	580.17/cwt	550.00–620.00	5,523	3

This sale against other markets

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 →

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Thu Nov 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,535Last week 919Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 155Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 78Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	394	137.00	137.00
7	—	636	112.00–120.00	117.73
2	—	243	142.50	142.50
26	—	511	114.50–124.00	117.82
7	—	431	116.00–135.00	118.81
16	—	472	128.00–133.50	131.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	636	123.50–130.00	124.55
8	—	361	159.00–160.00	159.50
2	—	928	110.00	110.00
50	—	726	117.00–124.00	118.00
20	—	423	143.00–150.00	146.96
8	—	279	166.00–171.00	167.83
13	—	468	140.00	140.00
46	—	536	132.25–138.50	133.60
8	—	693	129.50	129.50
7	—	823	115.00	115.00
9	—	757	112.00–114.00	112.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	657	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	625	93.00–107.50	104.53
3	—	380	137.00	137.00
13	—	439	126.00–126.50	126.43
12	—	548	119.50	119.50
6	—	716	100.00	100.00
13	—	462	125.00	125.00
10	—	556	110.00	110.00
3	—	334	140.00–155.00	144.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	631	115.00–119.75	119.05
28	—	439	136.00	136.00
7	—	317	165.00	165.00
75	—	557	123.00	123.00
30	—	703	106.00–114.00	113.18
10	—	803	99.50	99.50
31	—	495	132.00	132.00
24	—	376	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	627	97.00–100.00	99.54
4	—	748	91.00	91.00
18	—	366	129.00–132.00	130.80
7	—	785	98.00	98.00
1	—	198	130.00	130.00
9	—	485	111.00–112.00	111.33
3	—	562	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	714	130.50	130.50
14	—	433	135.00	135.00
20	—	549	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	441	118.00–123.50	121.57
57	—	541	108.50–113.50	111.39
28	—	703	96.00	96.00
7	—	826	106.50	106.50
65	—	498	118.00	118.00
34	—	360	138.00–141.00	139.14
11	—	755	106.50	106.50
90	—	628	110.00–112.00	111.87
34	—	676	103.75–105.50	104.57
12	—	274	136.00–144.00	139.91
6	—	1,000	89.00	89.00
115	—	562	112.00–114.00	113.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	305	37.50	37.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,502	47.50–54.00	51.09
1	—	1,320	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,388	46.00–47.50	46.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,341	50.00–57.50	53.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,094	37.00–44.50	41.25
43	—	1,251	43.00–54.00	47.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,906	72.00–83.50	76.28
7	—	1,566	65.00–71.00	67.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,329	760.00–875.00	799.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,450	670.00–700.00	683.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,336	660.00–825.00	689.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,175	460.00–740.00	611.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	430.00	430.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	490.00	490.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	952	550.00–620.00	580.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,173	79.00–84.00	81.30

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.