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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Mar 4

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

795 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 760▲ 309 vs year ago 486 · +63.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 98▼ 17 vs year ago 85 · −20.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 98▼ 6 vs year ago 31 · −19.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls traded steady to 5.00 lower. 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 $132.62/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$132.62

317 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$6.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.00

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	564	133.19	752	287
Medium and Large 2-3	519	127.16	660	30

One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about $91 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 sale317 hd

132.62

—

KY average27 barns · 7,549 hd

128.62

+4.00

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	1,723	85.86	1,479	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	64.65	852	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	63.23	994	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,187	53.40	634	20

Every lot

69 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	210	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	383	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	263	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	476	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	628	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	361	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	614	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	677	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	462	140.51/cwt	139.00–142.00	649	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	161.22/cwt	159.00–161.50	758	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	503	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	661	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	151.17/cwt	150.50–152.00	815	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	848	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	137.66/cwt	136.50–140.00	866	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	663	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	829	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	915	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	893	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	942	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	807	128.10/cwt	128.10–128.10	1,034	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	859	124.10/cwt	124.10–124.10	1,066	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,047	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	367	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	309	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	477	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	146.42/cwt	144.50–149.00	542	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	617	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	460	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	665	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	668	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	472	127.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	601	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	124.67/cwt	124.00–125.00	667	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	711	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	712	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	132.96/cwt	131.00–134.50	749	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	792	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	641	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	763	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	779	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	112.81/cwt	110.00–115.00	813	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	722	108.67/cwt	108.00–109.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	733	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	913	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	302	173.28/cwt	170.00–176.00	523	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	629	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	372	161.26/cwt	159.00–166.00	600	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	690	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	610	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	681	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	151.71/cwt	149.00–155.00	725	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	133.06/cwt	131.00–135.50	685	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	142.46/cwt	139.50–143.25	789	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	619	120.36/cwt	116.00–122.50	745	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	826	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	860	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	813	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	76.10/cwt	73.50–78.50	966	2
Bulls	—	—	1,805	87.64/cwt	83.00–94.50	1,582	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	47.65/cwt	44.00–49.00	526	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,232	56.50/cwt	52.00–61.00	696	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	63.07/cwt	60.50–65.00	809	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	70.98/cwt	69.00–73.50	1,033	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,048	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	62.48/cwt	60.00–64.50	986	7
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	910	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,353	1,192.91/cwt	1,025.00–1,300.00	16,140	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,525.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,525.00	19,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,500	1,083.33/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	16,250	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,470	1

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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 795Last week 760Year ago 486

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 98Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 98Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
4	—	361	170.00	170.00
2	—	555	133.00	133.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
2	—	503	131.50	131.50
2	—	663	125.00	125.00
4	—	462	139.00–142.00	140.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	119.00	119.00
7	—	755	124.75	124.75
9	—	351	179.00	179.00
26	—	470	159.00–161.50	161.22
2	—	263	181.00	181.00
15	—	629	136.50–140.00	137.66
3	—	738	121.00	121.00
25	—	539	150.50–152.00	151.17
4	—	423	160.00	160.00
2	—	210	182.50	182.50
3	—	688	133.00	133.00
9	—	584	145.25	145.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	859	124.10	124.10
61	—	807	128.10	128.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	109.00	109.00
4	—	309	156.00	156.00
9	—	552	129.00	129.00
4	—	240	153.00	153.00
18	—	433	142.50	142.50
22	—	721	110.00–115.00	112.81
29	—	370	144.50–149.00	146.42
10	—	547	130.00	130.00
47	—	469	142.00–143.00	142.51
15	—	642	120.00–122.00	121.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	733	124.50	124.50
21	—	460	144.50	144.50
25	—	563	131.00–134.50	132.96
12	—	619	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	108.00–109.00	108.67
4	—	320	149.00	149.00
7	—	472	120.00–130.00	127.40
7	—	641	119.00	119.00
3	—	378	140.00	140.00
6	—	535	124.00–125.00	124.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	137.00	137.00
2	—	725	95.00	95.00
9	—	515	131.00–135.50	133.06
5	—	463	147.00	147.00
6	—	619	116.00–122.50	120.36
3	—	372	159.00–166.00	161.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	720	119.50	119.50
11	—	302	170.00–176.00	173.28
9	—	626	132.00	132.00
41	—	478	149.00–155.00	151.71
19	—	554	139.50–143.25	142.46
2	—	813	100.00	100.00
23	—	368	171.00	171.00
15	—	441	156.50	156.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,353	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,192.91

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	2	—	1,250	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,500	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,083.33

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	—	1,000	91.00	91.00

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	—	745	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,104	44.00–49.00	47.65
13	—	1,232	52.00–61.00	56.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,578	60.00–64.50	62.48
1	—	1,530	68.50	68.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	69.00–73.50	70.98
8	—	1,283	60.50–65.00	63.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	73.50–78.50	76.10
11	—	1,805	83.00–94.50	87.64

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.