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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Nov 18

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Nov 11Nov 18Dec 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,016 head

▲ 289 vs last sale 727▼ 50 vs year ago 1,066 · −4.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

161 head

▲ 49 vs last sale 112▲ 18 vs year ago 143 · +12.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 21▲ 15 vs year ago 42 · +35.7%

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 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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 $128.86/cwt on 391 head.

Average price

$128.86

391 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$7.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.31

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	530	130.02	690	332
Medium and Large 2-3	455	122.32	556	59

One grade step is worth $7.70/cwt here — about $133 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 sale391 hd

128.86

—

KY average24 barns · 5,884 hd

129.17

−0.31

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	1,734	80.09	1,389	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,331	58.91	784	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,562	56.08	876	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,269	50.70	644	32

Every lot

74 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 2-3	248	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	362	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	329	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	444	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	620	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	578	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	678	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	457	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	626	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	782	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	532	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	724	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	957	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	825	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	886	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	119.22/cwt	115.00–125.00	763	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	131.55/cwt	130.00–137.50	941	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	981	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	808	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,111	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	840	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	949	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,057	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	262	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	373	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	380	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	128.61/cwt	125.00–132.00	469	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	137.39/cwt	136.00–138.00	510	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	134.87/cwt	132.50–135.50	571	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	434	108.42/cwt	103.00–114.00	471	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	124.40/cwt	120.00–125.50	585	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	131.02/cwt	127.50–134.00	639	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	131.34/cwt	129.50–132.00	725	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	598	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	736	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	123.14/cwt	123.00–124.00	770	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	121.41/cwt	120.00–122.50	817	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	828	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	707	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	891	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	748	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	763	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	962	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	883	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	839	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,056	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,056	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,075	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	557	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	632	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	138.52/cwt	133.00–141.00	533	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	687	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	429	124.72/cwt	111.00–135.00	535	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	153.24/cwt	152.50–154.75	742	49
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	533	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	650	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	542	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	678	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	135.07/cwt	130.00–136.75	735	43
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	774	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	637	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	733	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	659	113.65/cwt	111.00–115.00	749	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	853	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	737	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	789	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	814	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,698	76.65/cwt	72.00–81.50	1,302	9
Bulls	—	—	1,781	84.51/cwt	81.50–89.00	1,505	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,221	48.82/cwt	48.00–49.50	596	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,264	51.60/cwt	48.00–56.00	652	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,299	45.82/cwt	43.50–48.00	595	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	57.71/cwt	54.50–63.00	768	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,338	65.51/cwt	64.00–67.00	877	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	70.43/cwt	66.00–75.00	1,041	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	55.53/cwt	51.00–63.00	886	26
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,600	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,472	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,550	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	912.61/cwt	900.00–925.00	9,947	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,349	1,110.93/cwt	700.00–1,250.00	14,986	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,138	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,383	1,124.10/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	15,546	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,117.39/cwt	975.00–1,250.00	12,850	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	18,563	2

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 Nov 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,016Last week 727Year ago 1,066

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 112Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 21Year ago 42

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	808	137.50	137.50
88	—	550	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	248	146.00	146.00
7	—	640	115.00–125.00	119.22
4	—	560	127.00	127.00
2	—	378	153.00	153.00
9	—	532	136.00	136.00
1	—	840	113.00	113.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
2	—	655	125.00	125.00
4	—	329	135.00	135.00
3	—	457	137.00	137.00
2	—	785	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	113.00	113.00
24	—	554	149.00	149.00
1	—	800	130.00	130.00
9	—	376	165.00	165.00
29	—	633	140.00	140.00
19	—	715	130.00–137.50	131.55
24	—	483	162.00	162.00
4	—	429	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	423	132.50–135.50	134.87
3	—	310	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,250	86.00	86.00
5	—	702	118.00	118.00
3	—	262	142.50	142.50
4	—	1,056	100.00	100.00
28	—	625	123.00–124.00	123.14
80	—	552	129.50–132.00	131.34
19	—	673	120.00–122.50	121.41
30	—	371	136.00–138.00	137.39
12	—	785	122.50	122.50
87	—	488	127.50–134.00	131.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	598	123.00	123.00
15	—	470	120.00–125.50	124.40
2	—	883	95.00	95.00
27	—	365	125.00–132.00	128.61
6	—	434	103.00–114.00	108.42
3	—	748	102.00	102.00
1	—	325	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	707	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	484	152.50–154.75	153.24
17	—	361	175.00	175.00
14	—	619	125.00	125.00
43	—	544	130.00–136.75	135.07
10	—	814	100.00	100.00
35	—	423	162.50	162.50
9	—	308	181.00	181.00
13	—	711	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	659	111.00–115.00	113.65
7	—	737	107.00	107.00
11	—	429	111.00–135.00	124.72
9	—	637	115.00	115.00
13	—	542	125.00	125.00
10	—	385	133.00–141.00	138.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,299	43.50–48.00	45.82
27	—	1,264	48.00–56.00	51.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,221	48.00–49.50	48.82
2	—	1,478	66.00–75.00	70.43
26	—	1,595	51.00–63.00	55.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	64.00–67.00	65.51
11	—	1,330	54.50–63.00	57.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,781	81.50–89.00	84.51
9	—	1,698	72.00–81.50	76.65

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	—	1,350	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,383	850.00–1,175.00	1,124.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	900.00–925.00	912.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,349	700.00–1,250.00	1,110.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	975.00–1,250.00	1,117.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00

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	—	1,600	92.00	92.00

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.