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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 23

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

793 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 637▲ 793 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

93 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 85▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 27▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleTue Aug 11, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 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 $120.77/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$120.77

334 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.78

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	498	121.63	606	310
Medium and Large 2-3	539	109.63	591	24

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about $15 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 sale334 hd

120.77

—

KY average27 barns · 6,135 hd

120.00

+0.78

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	1,851	87.30	1,616	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	65.52	844	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	63.82	897	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	54.15	615	33

Every lot

61 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	466	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	156.37/cwt	152.00–159.00	438	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	599	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	618	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	444	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	617	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	142.79/cwt	140.50–144.50	741	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	546	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	683	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	138.00/cwt	136.00–138.25	774	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	126.90/cwt	125.00–127.50	778	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	121.15/cwt	117.00–121.50	777	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	112.07/cwt	111.00–113.00	761	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	110.70/cwt	107.00–111.50	808	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	99.10/cwt	98.50–99.50	802	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	856	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	215	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	331	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	148.86/cwt	145.00–155.00	415	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	453	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	142.40/cwt	142.00–142.50	527	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	374	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	492	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	125.94/cwt	125.00–131.00	543	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	123.39/cwt	121.00–124.50	591	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	481	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	553	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	119.45/cwt	117.50–122.00	625	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	638	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	591	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	101.51/cwt	100.00–103.00	627	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	106.77/cwt	104.50–109.25	661	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	641	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	698	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	607	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	89.49/cwt	89.00–90.00	645	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	712	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	539	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	162.20/cwt	158.00–163.00	594	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	147.58/cwt	141.00–148.00	636	49
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	474	125.74/cwt	121.00–133.00	596	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	675	37
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	131.14/cwt	127.50–133.00	711	44
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	657	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	691	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	628	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	653	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	104.65/cwt	102.00–106.50	698	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	746	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	771	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	443	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,820	95.05/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,730	2
Bulls	—	—	1,837	86.06/cwt	83.50–90.00	1,581	5
Bulls	—	—	1,980	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,544	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	47.94/cwt	44.00–51.00	502	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,173	56.85/cwt	50.00–61.50	667	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	65.52/cwt	63.00–69.00	844	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	63.82/cwt	62.00–66.50	897	12
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	1,074.73/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	12,284	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	840	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,510	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,714	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,341	939.54/cwt	760.00–1,060.00	12,599	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,925	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 Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 793Last week 637Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 27Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	121.00–133.00	125.74
1	—	680	96.00	96.00
2	—	385	137.00	137.00
3	—	628	104.00	104.00
1	—	515	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	542	127.50–133.00	131.14
8	—	323	167.00	167.00
5	—	667	102.00–106.50	104.65
49	—	431	141.00–148.00	147.58
25	—	366	158.00–163.00	162.20
6	—	628	110.00	110.00
1	—	765	96.00	96.00
37	—	479	141.00	141.00
7	—	559	117.50	117.50
1	—	820	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	105.50	105.50
2	—	698	87.00	87.00
8	—	618	100.00–103.00	101.51
4	—	481	115.00	115.00
5	—	374	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	431	125.00–131.00	125.94
38	—	552	115.50	115.50
8	—	310	146.00	146.00
5	—	697	92.00	92.00
61	—	479	121.00–124.50	123.39
41	—	619	104.50–109.25	106.77
6	—	721	89.00–90.00	89.49
1	—	215	154.00	154.00
44	—	370	142.00–142.50	142.40
25	—	523	117.50–122.00	119.45
8	—	279	145.00–155.00	148.86
3	—	838	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	700	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	57.50	57.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	125.00	125.00
4	—	444	139.00	139.00
5	—	280	152.00–159.00	156.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	519	140.50–144.50	142.79
25	—	613	125.00–127.50	126.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	730	107.00–111.50	110.70
11	—	679	111.00–113.00	112.07
2	—	873	98.00	98.00
37	—	561	136.00–138.25	138.00
15	—	809	98.50–99.50	99.10
9	—	409	151.00	151.00
2	—	265	176.00	176.00
20	—	465	150.00	150.00
12	—	641	117.00–121.50	121.15
3	—	365	164.00	164.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	78.00	78.00
2	—	1,820	94.00–96.00	95.05
5	—	1,837	83.50–90.00	86.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,048	44.00–51.00	47.94
23	—	1,173	50.00–61.50	56.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,288	63.00–69.00	65.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,405	62.00–66.50	63.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,143	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,074.73

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	—	935	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,341	760.00–1,060.00	939.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	775.00	775.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	790	750.00	750.00

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.