Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2021-02-11

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 11
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 679 vs last sale 707▼ 216 vs year ago 244 · −88.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 70▲ 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts caused by severe winter weather no trend on market this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.79/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −82.35 against this barn's trailing median of $210.13.
Average price
$127.79
14 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.52
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547133.637318thin
Medium and Large 2-3454120.005456thin
One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about $186 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 sale14 hd
127.79
—
KY average24 barns · 1,114 hd
125.26
+2.52
This barn, trailing median28 sales
210.13
−82.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

28 sales
241214186159median 210.1303/0504/3006/1808/2710/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $227.14, low $172.58, median $210.13 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43473.271,0515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24468.6285412
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14059.396775thin

Every lot

14 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565124.50/cwt124.50–124.507032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370152.50/cwt152.50–152.505641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475138.00/cwt138.00–138.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3583110.00/cwt110.00–110.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2702121.50/cwt121.50–121.508533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02054.00/cwt54.00–54.005511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17060.74/cwt59.00–64.507114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24468.62/cwt66.00–72.5085412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39871.77/cwt69.00–74.001,0033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48875.53/cwt75.00–76.001,1242

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.