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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 20

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

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Feeder Cattle receipts

624 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 674▼ 262 vs year ago 886 · −29.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 101▲ 39 vs year ago 86 · +45.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 28▼ 17 vs year ago 37 · −45.9%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleTue Aug 11, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers and bull calves traded steady with a few higher quality groups selling 6.00-8.00 higher. Good demand was seen on all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady on a plain offering in both classes.

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 $141.67/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$141.67

275 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$19.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.69

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	568	142.47	809	264
Medium and Large 2-3	682	122.55	836	11thin

One grade step is worth $19.93/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale275 hd

141.67

—

KY average22 barns · 5,398 hd

146.36

−4.69

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	1,689	92.86	1,568	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	66.58	999	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,220	60.85	742	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,056	56.35	595	28

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,280	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,216	$921	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,290	$850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$800	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,087	$1,058	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$975	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,650	$1,350	2thin

Every lot

73 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	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	666	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	722	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	756	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	482	144.25/cwt	144.00–145.00	695	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	154.74/cwt	140.00–156.00	837	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	154.61/cwt	148.00–155.00	866	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	147.49/cwt	140.00–148.50	941	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	944	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	146.87/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,038	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,177	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,267	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	301	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	551	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	302	150.13/cwt	147.00–162.50	453	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	161.61/cwt	161.00–163.00	604	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	133.02/cwt	132.00–136.00	581	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	712	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	132.85/cwt	130.00–140.00	643	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	492	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	748	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	734	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	139.41/cwt	136.00–140.00	772	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	888	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	137.29/cwt	129.00–143.00	850	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	121.52/cwt	120.00–126.00	832	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	924	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,048	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	817	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	989	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,116	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,205	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	477	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	285	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	388	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	408	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	339	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	620	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	372	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	632	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	581	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	717	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	158.02/cwt	153.00–163.00	706	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	129.54/cwt	127.00–135.00	619	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	489	159.61/cwt	155.00–160.00	780	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	145.17/cwt	144.00–146.00	782	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	720	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	133.24/cwt	126.50–134.00	833	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	124.63/cwt	120.00–129.00	840	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	130.53/cwt	125.00–131.00	925	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,039	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	111.23/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,076	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,035	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,331	84.35/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,123	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	103.78/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,910	2
Bulls	—	—	1,901	95.82/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,822	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	918	79.99/cwt	79.00–81.00	734	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	60.45/cwt	57.00–69.00	620	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	52.91/cwt	50.00–55.00	563	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	72.00/cwt	71.00–73.00	803	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	46.11/cwt	40.00–49.00	527	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	62.60/cwt	58.00–69.50	762	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	54.98/cwt	54.00–56.00	691	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	45.20/cwt	42.00–49.00	569	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,040	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	59.25/cwt	58.00–60.00	848	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,512	67.04/cwt	61.00–73.50	1,014	38
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	1,057.98/head	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,058	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,216	921.20/head	775.00–1,100.00	921	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,650	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	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 Oct 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 624Last week 674Year ago 886

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 101Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 28Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	484	130.00–140.00	132.85
7	—	1,116	108.00	108.00
63	—	619	129.00–143.00	137.29
16	—	528	139.00	139.00
25	—	711	130.00	130.00
23	—	374	161.00–163.00	161.61
9	—	437	132.00–136.00	133.02
1	—	925	114.00	114.00
5	—	302	147.00–162.50	150.13
4	—	685	120.00–126.00	121.52
41	—	554	136.00–140.00	139.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	492	152.00	152.00
5	—	301	183.00	183.00
14	—	442	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
3	—	458	124.00	124.00
6	—	817	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	724	144.75	144.75
15	—	573	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	136.00	136.00
12	—	478	127.00–135.00	129.54
1	—	320	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	129.00	129.00
2	—	305	160.00	160.00
2	—	285	167.50	167.50
14	—	447	153.00–163.00	158.02
3	—	398	146.00	146.00
25	—	709	125.00–131.00	130.53
14	—	815	127.50	127.50
4	—	674	120.00–129.00	124.63
33	—	539	144.00–146.00	145.17
40	—	625	126.50–134.00	133.24
4	—	967	106.00–113.00	111.23
1	—	1,015	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	489	155.00–160.00	159.61
3	—	372	170.00	170.00
22	—	428	167.50	167.50
9	—	339	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	638	140.00–148.50	147.49
12	—	541	140.00–156.00	154.74
4	—	440	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,065	119.00	119.00
3	—	853	138.00	138.00
10	—	458	165.00	165.00
8	—	707	146.00–147.00	146.87
6	—	677	139.50	139.50
18	—	560	148.00–155.00	154.61
5	—	383	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	482	144.00–145.00	144.25
1	—	375	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,143	40.00–49.00	46.11
2	—	918	79.00–81.00	79.99
11	—	1,026	57.00–69.00	60.45
9	—	1,064	50.00–55.00	52.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,431	58.00–60.00	59.25
1	—	1,325	78.50	78.50
38	—	1,512	61.00–73.50	67.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	42.00–49.00	45.20
2	—	1,115	71.00–73.00	72.00
22	—	1,218	58.00–69.50	62.60
5	—	1,256	54.00–56.00	54.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,331	83.00–86.00	84.35
2	—	1,840	103.00–105.00	103.78
7	—	1,901	90.00–100.00	95.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	975.00	975.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,087	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,057.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,216	775.00–1,100.00	921.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,650	1,350.00	1,350.00

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.