Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2023-05-18

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, May 18
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 710▲ 236 vs year ago 437 · +54.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 190▲ 1 vs year ago 132 · +0.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 47▲ 15 vs year ago 40 · +37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers and bull calves sold unevenly steady. Feeder quality and buyer's interest was lower today when compared to last week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.60/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$201.60
231 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$46.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514205.821,058210
Large 1-2664160.001,0628thin
Medium and Large 2-3557159.0688513thin
One grade step is worth $46.76/cwt here — about $173 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 sale231 hd
201.60
—
KY average23 barns · 6,022 hd
201.05
+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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,656116.031,9219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45898.031,42950
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18791.171,08226
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00782.1282746

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,380$1,3101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,216$1,2358
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,1352thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,062$1,0456
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)902$1,0253thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)700$1,0752thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)765$7251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)970$1,7253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)867$1,49413
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)860$1,3155

Every lot

101 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363271.00/cwt271.00–271.009849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy453253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,14616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467199.70/cwt195.00–202.009333
Steers—Large 1-2525188.00/cwt188.00–188.009871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541237.81/cwt237.00–238.001,28721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635220.28/cwt220.00–227.501,39927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,46814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2698194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706216.90/cwt216.90–216.901,53174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735183.67/cwt183.00–185.001,3503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764197.03/cwt193.00–198.501,5056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782187.51/cwt185.00–190.001,4665
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,4861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2970161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,035165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2218235.00/cwt235.00–235.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310232.50/cwt232.50–232.507212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310183.87/cwt180.00–187.505702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy318240.00/cwt240.00–240.007633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368220.12/cwt219.00–222.008108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy374228.00/cwt228.00–228.0085318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390191.00/cwt191.00–191.007453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433219.18/cwt213.00–223.0094935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441197.50/cwt197.50–197.508717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460171.00/cwt171.00–171.007872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy488212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,03532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537204.72/cwt200.00–208.001,09949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1084
Heifers—Large 1-2608160.00/cwt160.00–160.009734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,20222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639183.67/cwt181.00–189.001,1749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3705152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2502
Heifers—Large 1-2719160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3793118.00/cwt118.00–118.009362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917142.42/cwt142.00–143.001,3067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,050139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2265233.93/cwt230.00–242.506203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy288267.00/cwt267.00–267.007697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325221.00/cwt221.00–221.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,00415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383239.68/cwt230.00–242.009185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,01811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430203.75/cwt200.00–207.508762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466204.52/cwt195.00–210.0095311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487220.56/cwt219.00–220.751,07444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530165.00/cwt165.00–165.008751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2543202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy545218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,19118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619191.00/cwt190.00–192.001,18214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy620206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,27723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2711187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3307
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3740163.62/cwt162.50–164.001,2114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2381
Bulls—Medium 1-2755150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3810142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2823154.80/cwt145.00–158.001,2744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3875127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2980135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,050137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,297107.69/cwt105.00–110.001,3973
Bulls——1,808118.84/cwt115.00–124.002,1495
Bulls——1,970127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,5021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88858.75/cwt50.00–63.005223
Cows—Lean 85-90%97277.19/cwt74.00–79.0075011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01693.75/cwt92.00–95.009535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03284.57/cwt80.00–89.0087327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18083.94/cwt79.00–88.0099011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19296.48/cwt90.00–108.001,15015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35887.48/cwt86.00–89.001,1884
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47099.43/cwt92.00–107.501,46245
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed770825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Small 1-2855700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2885925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2935975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,000993.13/head875.00–1,100.009932
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed1,005800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,264.80/head1,225.00–1,300.001,2653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,134.94/head1,050.00–1,210.001,1352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2881,315.29/head1,060.00–1,400.001,3156
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3801,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-27001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0752
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2765725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed7751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed800875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8101,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8751,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,650.00/head1,550.00–1,750.001,6506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9701,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7253

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.