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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 30

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

628 head

▼ 165 vs last sale 793▲ 628 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

120 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 93▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

78 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 30▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 pounds traded 2.00-4.00 lower, over 600 pounds traded 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls 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 $123.37/cwt on 290 head.

Average price

$123.37

290 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$7.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.60

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	400	130.05	520	31
Medium and Large 1-2	506	122.56	620	259

One grade step is worth $7.49/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale290 hd

123.37

—

KY average27 barns · 4,879 hd

117.77

+5.60

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	1,907	83.88	1,599	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	57.37	730	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	55.79	801	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	50.24	569	55

Every lot

65 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	253	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	423	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	626	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	696	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	488	126.51/cwt	125.00–130.00	617	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	742	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	131.65/cwt	127.50–134.25	752	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	128.89/cwt	128.00–129.00	784	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	116.15/cwt	115.50–117.00	783	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	827	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	100.99/cwt	98.00–104.00	815	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	672	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	358	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	400	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	309	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	467	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	328	137.40/cwt	135.00–138.00	451	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	146.25/cwt	145.00–148.00	521	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	377	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	522	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	552	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	437	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	590	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	448	121.94/cwt	115.00–124.00	546	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	125.52/cwt	123.75–129.00	604	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	119.66/cwt	119.25–120.25	643	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	117.24/cwt	117.00–117.25	632	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	116.52/cwt	115.00–117.00	656	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	105.87/cwt	105.00–106.00	666	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	658	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	94.49/cwt	93.00–96.00	684	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	743	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	312	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	549	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	313	158.70/cwt	153.00–162.00	497	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	163.96/cwt	161.00–167.00	597	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	145.19/cwt	143.00–145.25	617	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	442	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	606	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	137.62/cwt	137.00–139.00	656	53
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	667	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	716	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	623	105.62/cwt	105.00–107.50	658	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	715	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	712	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	621	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	743	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	723	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,176	1
Bulls	—	—	1,982	88.50/cwt	87.00–89.50	1,754	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	48.04/cwt	45.00–51.50	517	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,196	52.70/cwt	50.00–56.00	630	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,272	57.37/cwt	54.00–61.50	730	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	55.79/cwt	53.00–59.00	801	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,112	1,127.88/cwt	1,075.00–1,180.00	12,542	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,189	1,071.14/cwt	900.00–1,180.00	12,736	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,257	801.76/cwt	600.00–1,085.00	10,078	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,445	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,333	1,123.54/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	14,977	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	5,733	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,300	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	694	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,226	1,029.96/cwt	975.00–1,075.00	12,627	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,304	1,208.84/cwt	1,125.00–1,275.00	15,763	4

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 628Last week 793Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 93Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 30Year 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
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
4	—	540	125.00	125.00
2	—	570	122.00	122.00
4	—	488	125.00–130.00	126.51
1	—	830	81.00	81.00
2	—	665	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	608	128.00–129.00	128.89
7	—	674	115.50–117.00	116.15
2	—	253	167.00	167.00
13	—	571	127.50–134.25	131.65
5	—	384	163.00	163.00
19	—	475	146.50	146.50
10	—	539	137.75	137.75
4	—	807	98.00–104.00	100.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	705	117.25	117.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	364	161.00–167.00	163.96
8	—	527	126.50	126.50
4	—	866	83.50	83.50
34	—	425	143.00–145.25	145.19
11	—	630	113.50	113.50
6	—	708	105.00	105.00
25	—	555	129.00	129.00
9	—	312	176.00	176.00
6	—	659	108.00	108.00
53	—	477	137.00–139.00	137.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	313	153.00–162.00	158.70
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
4	—	623	105.00–107.50	105.62
1	—	675	92.00	92.00
3	—	442	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	356	145.00–148.00	146.25
8	—	689	95.50	95.50
1	—	835	89.00	89.00
36	—	431	128.00	128.00
8	—	724	93.00–96.00	94.49
4	—	258	155.00	155.00
1	—	245	146.00	146.00
42	—	481	123.75–129.00	125.52
30	—	563	115.00–117.00	116.52
21	—	539	117.00–117.25	117.24
7	—	309	151.00	151.00
1	—	770	85.00	85.00
30	—	629	105.00–106.00	105.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	328	135.00–138.00	137.40
13	—	448	115.00–124.00	121.94
1	—	615	102.00	102.00
8	—	377	137.00–140.00	138.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	537	119.25–120.25	119.66
13	—	437	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,196	50.00–56.00	52.70
29	—	1,077	45.00–51.50	48.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,272	54.00–61.50	57.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,435	53.00–59.00	55.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,982	87.00–89.50	88.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,333	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,123.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,189	900.00–1,180.00	1,071.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,257	600.00–1,085.00	801.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,112	1,075.00–1,180.00	1,127.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	950.00	950.00

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	—	840	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	735.00	735.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	798	87.00	87.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,304	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,208.84
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,226	975.00–1,075.00	1,029.96

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.