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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 26

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

← Jan 19Jan 26Feb 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

364 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 464▼ 104 vs year ago 468 · −22.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 69▼ 103 vs year ago 145 · −71.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 20▼ 67 vs year ago 80 · −83.8%

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 and bull calves sold 6.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-6.00 higher. A good quality offering saw lower demand from feeder buyers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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 $155.29/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$155.29

132 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$13.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

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	539	156.11	842	124
Medium and Large 2-3	495	142.57	706	8thin

One grade step is worth $13.54/cwt here — about $136 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 sale132 hd

155.29

—

KY average24 barns · 4,899 hd

155.84

−0.55

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	1,568	98.86	1,550	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,494	72.58	1,084	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	71.92	886	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	62.62	642	13

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)	1,200	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,093	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$1,101	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$938	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$925	2thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	543	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	420	1
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	284	175.79/cwt	174.00–177.50	499	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	308	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	666	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	175.82/cwt	172.50–182.50	821	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	480	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	955	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	559	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,051	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	165.40/cwt	165.00–166.00	971	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	141.74/cwt	141.00–142.50	833	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,096	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	164.72/cwt	152.00–169.00	1,036	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	166.54/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,129	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,206	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	158.66/cwt	158.50–159.00	1,158	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	155.46/cwt	149.00–156.50	1,213	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	156.07/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,270	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	153.03/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,324	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,152	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,530	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	408	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	578	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	584	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	180.39/cwt	172.50–185.00	662	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	159.51/cwt	159.00–160.00	614	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	591	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	164.84/cwt	157.00–168.00	717	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	800	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	156.62/cwt	152.50–157.00	763	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	696	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	151.51/cwt	142.00–156.00	808	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	152.95/cwt	147.00–158.00	850	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	844	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	911	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	146.12/cwt	142.00–150.00	978	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	137.90/cwt	134.00–141.00	996	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,064	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	181.72/cwt	181.00–182.50	569	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	326	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	685	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	363	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	737	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	606	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	436	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	868	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	155.30/cwt	153.00–162.50	730	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	912	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	919	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	882	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	159.29/cwt	157.50–161.00	1,013	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	144.16/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,052	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,103	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,218	86.73/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,056	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	98.67/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,628	2
Bulls	—	—	1,747	107.07/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,871	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	71.52/cwt	70.00–73.00	724	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	63.01/cwt	60.00–65.00	638	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	55.66/cwt	52.00–58.00	594	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	65.95/cwt	64.00–68.00	783	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	74.91/cwt	71.00–79.00	939	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	68.56/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,012	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	76.59/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,157	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	937.50/head	900.00–975.00	938	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	1,101.23/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,101	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,238	1,092.66/head	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,093	3

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 Jan 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 364Last week 464Year ago 468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 69Year ago 145

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 20Year ago 80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	179.00	179.00
1	—	230	177.50	177.50
24	—	556	147.00–158.00	152.95
6	—	533	142.00–156.00	151.51
18	—	435	157.00–168.00	164.84
18	—	628	145.00	145.00
16	—	669	142.00–150.00	146.12
11	—	487	152.50–157.00	156.62
9	—	722	134.00–141.00	137.90
5	—	367	172.50–185.00	180.39
1	—	825	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	300	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	143.00	143.00
2	—	385	159.00–160.00	159.51
2	—	428	138.00	138.00
2	—	610	135.00	135.00
1	—	525	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	465	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	308	200.00	200.00
1	—	380	202.50	202.50
9	—	480	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	172.50–182.50	175.82
12	—	814	154.00–156.50	156.07
12	—	629	152.00–169.00	164.72
5	—	678	163.00–169.00	166.54
7	—	780	149.00–156.50	155.46
1	—	1,020	150.00	150.00
1	—	365	182.50	182.50
1	—	315	185.00	185.00
1	—	275	197.50	197.50
5	—	587	165.00–166.00	165.40
9	—	730	158.50–159.00	158.66
2	—	865	151.00–155.00	153.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	701	172.00	172.00
10	—	559	188.00	188.00
5	—	623	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	120.00	120.00
1	—	280	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
2	—	588	141.00–142.50	141.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	284	174.00–177.50	175.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	181.00–182.50	181.72
1	—	875	126.00	126.00
7	—	489	186.50	186.50
8	—	562	157.00	157.00
25	—	636	157.50–161.00	159.29
11	—	730	142.00–145.00	144.16
4	—	531	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	436	199.00	199.00
9	—	363	203.00	203.00
4	—	326	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	157.50	157.50
4	—	470	153.00–162.50	155.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,013	60.00–65.00	63.01
3	—	1,067	52.00–58.00	55.66
2	—	1,013	70.00–73.00	71.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,476	66.00–70.00	68.56
5	—	1,511	73.00–84.00	76.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	64.00–68.00	65.95
4	—	1,253	71.00–79.00	74.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	84.00–89.00	86.73
3	—	1,747	106.00–108.00	107.07
2	—	1,650	96.00–101.00	98.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	825.00	825.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,025.00	1,025.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	900.00–975.00	937.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,013	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,101.23

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	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,238	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,092.66

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.