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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 21

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

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Feeder Cattle receipts

886 head

▲ 355 vs last sale 531▲ 140 vs year ago 746 · +18.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

86 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 86▼ 22 vs year ago 108 · −20.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 25▲ 4 vs year ago 33 · +12.1%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleTue Aug 11, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.67/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −52.93 against this barn's trailing median of $206.60.

Average price

$153.67

329 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$16.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

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	604	154.92	936	304
Medium and Large 2-3	542	138.49	751	25

One grade step is worth $16.42/cwt here — about $185 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 sale329 hd

153.67

—

KY average24 barns · 4,778 hd

150.95

+2.72

This barn, trailing median1 sales

206.60

−52.93

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	—	Average	1,651	80.31	1,326	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,303	58.85	767	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,437	53.40	767	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,267	50.00	634	22

Every lot

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	473	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	708	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	469	135.98/cwt	120.00–144.00	638	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	798	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	754	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	853	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	574	138.49/cwt	134.00–142.50	795	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	590	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	968	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	140.80/cwt	136.50–142.00	881	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,031	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	129.10/cwt	128.00–130.50	939	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	127.50/cwt	126.00–128.00	964	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,021	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	321	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	411	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	367	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	477	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	144.59/cwt	141.50–146.50	535	16
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	382	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	424	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	621	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	442	128.37/cwt	115.00–131.00	567	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	477	122.22/cwt	112.00–129.00	583	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	140.64/cwt	140.00–140.75	685	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	518	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	616	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	124.06/cwt	121.50–128.50	655	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	125.88/cwt	123.00–126.75	702	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	118.21/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	818	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	723	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	694	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	107.42/cwt	104.00–108.00	782	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	898	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	306	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	548	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	353	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	498	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	170.03/cwt	164.00–173.00	633	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	154.78/cwt	154.50–158.00	672	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	436	137.16/cwt	127.00–141.00	598	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	149.48/cwt	149.00–154.00	740	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	532	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	606	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	139.51/cwt	138.00–141.00	752	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	811	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	134.16/cwt	125.00–135.50	844	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	869	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	732	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	834	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	859	8
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	468	85.65/cwt	83.50–87.00	401	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	680	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	605	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,489	75.88/cwt	69.00–79.50	1,130	4
Bulls	—	—	1,759	83.27/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,465	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	484	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	759	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	50.29/cwt	46.00–57.00	641	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	692	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	57.61/cwt	56.00–60.00	778	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	49.96/cwt	48.00–51.50	678	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,482	55.37/cwt	53.00–59.50	821	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,550	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	6,836	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	898.51/cwt	800.00–950.00	10,872	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,188	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,234	797.19/cwt	640.00–1,025.00	9,837	6

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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 886Last week 531Year ago 746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 86Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 25Year ago 33

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	175.00	175.00
44	—	626	136.50–142.00	140.80
4	—	756	126.00–128.00	127.50
26	—	482	165.50	165.50
41	—	554	154.00	154.00
6	—	432	164.00	164.00
4	—	804	127.00	127.00
3	—	385	170.00	170.00
15	—	727	128.00–130.50	129.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	135.00	135.00
10	—	574	134.00–142.50	138.49
6	—	469	120.00–144.00	135.98
5	—	533	141.50	141.50
1	—	430	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	590	164.00	164.00
75	—	660	156.25	156.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	96.00	96.00
4	—	690	110.00	110.00
4	—	321	128.00	128.00
12	—	442	115.00–131.00	128.37
9	—	367	130.00	130.00
7	—	477	112.00–129.00	122.22
3	—	518	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	728	104.00–108.00	107.42
7	—	824	109.00	109.00
2	—	245	140.00	140.00
16	—	370	141.50–146.50	144.59
14	—	424	146.50	146.50
14	—	528	121.50–128.50	124.06
2	—	693	118.00	118.00
31	—	622	115.00–120.00	118.21
58	—	487	140.00–140.75	140.64
48	—	558	123.00–126.75	125.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	83.50–87.00	85.65
1	—	680	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	306	179.00	179.00
40	—	629	125.00–135.50	134.16
39	—	495	149.00–154.00	149.48
30	—	560	144.75	144.75
12	—	698	124.50	124.50
12	—	539	138.00–141.00	139.51
12	—	434	154.50–158.00	154.78
12	—	372	164.00–173.00	170.03
8	—	792	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	127.00–141.00	137.16
3	—	732	114.00	114.00
3	—	353	141.00	141.00
2	—	505	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	44.00	44.00
21	—	1,275	46.00–57.00	50.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,482	53.00–59.50	55.37
4	—	1,358	48.00–51.50	49.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,330	52.00	52.00
6	—	1,350	56.00–60.00	57.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,759	81.00–87.00	83.27
4	—	1,489	69.00–79.50	75.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	575.00	575.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	900.00	900.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,234	640.00–1,025.00	797.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	630.00	630.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,210	800.00–950.00	898.51

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.