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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-12

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

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

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Feeder Cattle receipts

506 head

▼ 240 vs last sale 746▼ 120 vs year ago 626 · −19.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 112▼ 10 vs year ago 60 · −16.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 76▼ 8 vs year ago 32 · −25.0%

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 traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.46/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −63.68 against this barn's trailing median of $210.13.

Average price

$146.46

162 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$15.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.56

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	542	149.00	807	136
Medium and Large 2-3	525	133.18	699	26

One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $108 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 sale162 hd

146.46

—

KY average25 barns · 1,964 hd

136.90

+9.56

This barn, trailing median28 sales

210.13

−63.68

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,768	93.54	1,654	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,375	72.38	995	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,422	69.61	990	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,208	63.00	761	16

Every lot

58 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	225	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	354	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	264	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	499	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	802	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	716	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	892	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	150.52/cwt	149.75–152.50	966	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	652	123.02/cwt	119.00–131.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	143.82/cwt	143.50–144.00	964	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,051	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	795	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,183	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,082	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	848	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,162	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	475	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	131.11/cwt	123.00–139.00	479	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	155.17/cwt	153.00–156.00	583	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	419	127.68/cwt	127.00–129.00	535	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	648	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	140.92/cwt	140.00–144.00	683	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	531	126.91/cwt	120.00–134.50	674	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	553	140.07/cwt	137.00–140.25	775	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	131.22/cwt	130.00–132.00	833	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	649	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	925	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	939	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	810	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	787	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	749	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,002	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	512	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	583	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	181.30/cwt	175.00–182.00	669	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	697	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	135.77/cwt	128.00–145.50	629	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	150.66/cwt	150.50–152.00	734	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	519	129.97/cwt	126.00–136.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	549	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	799	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	551	132.00/cwt	131.00–133.00	727	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	875	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	621	126.38/cwt	110.00–130.50	785	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	923	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	922	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	86.23/cwt	85.50–87.00	1,354	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,796	1
Bulls	—	—	1,846	95.04/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,754	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,100	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	688	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	58.56/cwt	56.00–61.50	692	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	65.02/cwt	62.00–69.00	793	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	72.38/cwt	71.00–73.00	995	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,462	70.50/cwt	67.00–74.50	1,031	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	836.72/cwt	750.00–910.00	9,957	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	826.15/cwt	750.00–885.00	9,996	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,226	956.57/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	11,728	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,200	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 Aug 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 506Last week 746Year ago 626

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 112Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 76Year ago 32

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	840	116.00	116.00
10	—	678	138.50	138.50
7	—	749	133.75	133.75
8	—	649	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	698	116.00	116.00
25	—	435	149.00	149.00
18	—	553	137.00–140.25	140.07
13	—	635	130.00–132.00	131.22
2	—	325	146.00	146.00
1	—	780	112.00	112.00
14	—	376	153.00–156.00	155.17
33	—	485	140.00–144.00	140.92
2	—	703	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	120.00–134.50	126.91
2	—	608	120.00	120.00
4	—	365	123.00–139.00	131.11
3	—	419	127.00–129.00	127.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	670	143.50–144.00	143.82
9	—	486	165.00	165.00
10	—	562	158.75	158.75
6	—	264	189.00	189.00
4	—	751	140.00	140.00
2	—	845	128.00	128.00
25	—	642	149.75–152.50	150.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	795	148.75	148.75
3	—	848	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	157.50	157.50
3	—	652	119.00–131.00	123.02
2	—	508	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	119.00	119.00
1	—	370	159.00	159.00
1	—	315	162.50	162.50
6	—	621	110.00–130.50	126.38
5	—	519	126.00–136.00	129.97
8	—	463	128.00–145.50	135.77
4	—	551	131.00–133.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	616	142.00	142.00
29	—	549	145.50	145.50
17	—	721	128.00	128.00
10	—	369	175.00–182.00	181.30
26	—	487	150.50–152.00	150.66
5	—	322	181.00	181.00
4	—	809	114.00	114.00
18	—	426	163.50	163.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	750.00–910.00	836.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,226	900.00–1,025.00	956.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,210	750.00–885.00	826.15

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	1	—	1,300	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	62.50	62.50
8	—	1,462	67.00–74.50	70.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	71.00–73.00	72.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,181	56.00–61.50	58.56
11	—	1,220	62.00–69.00	65.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	85.50–87.00	86.23
1	—	1,735	103.50	103.50
8	—	1,846	92.00–98.00	95.04

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.