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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 12

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

979 head

▼ 259 vs last sale 1,238▲ 979 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

113 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 171▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 107▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls traded 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

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 $122.81/cwt on 372 head.

Average price

$122.81

372 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$5.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.84

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	543	123.18	669	346
Medium and Large 2-3	445	117.86	524	26

One grade step is worth $5.32/cwt here — about $144 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 sale372 hd

122.81

—

KY average29 barns · 9,848 hd

119.96

+2.84

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	—	Low	1,735	67.51	1,171	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	52.33	669	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	50.72	776	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	45.46	552	33

Every lot

82 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	276	171.08/cwt	170.00–172.50	472	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	288	162.92/cwt	162.50–163.00	469	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	318	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	493	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	632	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	417	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	600	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	145.60/cwt	143.50–146.50	712	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	503	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	558	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	133.60/cwt	131.50–135.00	749	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	148.18/cwt	141.00–148.75	854	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	128.29/cwt	127.00–130.00	790	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	116.47/cwt	115.00–119.00	720	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	867	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	121.57/cwt	120.50–127.00	883	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	106.53/cwt	104.00–109.00	783	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	900	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,010	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,030	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,039	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	142.53/cwt	141.00–144.00	382	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	282	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	355	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	301	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	403	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	138.19/cwt	133.00–140.00	502	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	363	127.33/cwt	107.00–132.00	462	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	419	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	127.72/cwt	126.00–128.00	550	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	468	113.27/cwt	110.00–115.00	530	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	119.67/cwt	118.50–126.00	586	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	122.16/cwt	121.00–123.00	635	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	616	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	115.54/cwt	114.50–115.75	644	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	690	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	605	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	647	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	113.15/cwt	112.50–113.50	707	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	828	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	114.43/cwt	113.00–115.50	747	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	709	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	733	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	843	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	828	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	820	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	823	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	505	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	586	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	127.11/cwt	125.00–130.00	477	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	606	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	453	124.33/cwt	122.00–125.50	563	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	668	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	538	123.36/cwt	121.00–124.00	664	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	557	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	646	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	759	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	777	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	639	113.38/cwt	112.50–115.00	724	17
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	703	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	675	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	780	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	761	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	804	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	875	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	788	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	440	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	264	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,657	64.71/cwt	63.00–67.50	1,072	5
Bulls	—	—	1,930	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,438	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	40.54/cwt	35.50–44.50	457	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	46.72/cwt	43.00–50.00	578	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	52.33/cwt	49.00–58.00	669	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,320	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	719	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,388	48.24/cwt	48.00–48.50	670	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	50.81/cwt	49.00–53.50	773	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,945	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	1,050	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	671	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	900	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,075	1
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	885	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,540	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,888	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,198	867.64/cwt	800.00–950.00	10,394	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,530	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	540.82/cwt	500.00–580.00	7,074	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,301	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,034	2

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 Dec 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 979Last week 1,238Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 171Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 107Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls traded 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	363	107.00–132.00	127.33
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
2	—	415	101.00	101.00
3	—	282	126.00	126.00
3	—	828	99.00	99.00
6	—	468	110.00–115.00	113.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	490	118.50–126.00	119.67
36	—	431	126.00–128.00	127.72
10	—	702	101.00	101.00
42	—	557	114.50–115.75	115.54
7	—	653	113.00–115.50	114.43
8	—	538	114.50	114.50
4	—	301	134.00	134.00
23	—	625	112.50–113.50	113.15
30	—	363	133.00–140.00	138.19
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
6	—	268	141.00–144.00	142.53
2	—	935	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	651	127.25	127.25
30	—	520	121.00–123.00	122.16
5	—	733	115.00	115.00
17	—	562	122.75	122.75
11	—	460	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	726	120.50–127.00	121.57
3	—	355	166.00	166.00
2	—	675	128.50	128.50
13	—	489	143.50–146.50	145.60
5	—	849	119.00	119.00
4	—	400	158.00	158.00
28	—	561	131.50–135.00	133.60
15	—	276	170.00–172.50	171.08
1	—	1,105	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,000	103.00	103.00
7	—	753	119.50	119.50
7	—	616	127.00–130.00	128.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	126.00	126.00
6	—	288	162.50–163.00	162.92
3	—	318	155.00	155.00
2	—	735	104.00–109.00	106.53
2	—	503	111.00	111.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
3	—	417	144.00	144.00
4	—	618	115.00–119.00	116.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	576	141.00–148.75	148.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	502	133.00	133.00
27	—	433	140.00	140.00
16	—	712	109.50	109.50
13	—	362	162.00	162.00
5	—	820	98.00	98.00
1	—	310	163.00	163.00
40	—	561	135.25	135.25
33	—	628	123.75	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	735	103.50	103.50
7	—	375	125.00–130.00	127.11
6	—	557	116.00	116.00
2	—	875	90.00	90.00
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
14	—	538	121.00–124.00	123.36
17	—	639	112.50–115.00	113.38
18	—	453	122.00–125.50	124.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	703	96.00	96.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	360.00	360.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,308	500.00–580.00	540.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	800.00–950.00	867.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	400.00	400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	655	350.00	350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	825.00	825.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	825.00	825.00

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	1	—	945	71.00	71.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,657	63.00–67.50	64.71
2	—	1,930	74.50	74.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,522	49.00–53.50	50.81
2	—	1,388	48.00–48.50	48.24
1	—	1,945	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,238	43.00–50.00	46.72
1	—	1,320	54.50	54.50
8	—	1,127	35.50–44.50	40.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,279	49.00–58.00	52.33

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.