Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2024-04-18

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 18
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
712 head
▲ 317 vs last sale 395▲ 111 vs year ago 601 · +18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 71▲ 7 vs year ago 81 · +8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 10▼ 70 vs year ago 94 · −74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with lighter demand. Today's offering contained several fall/winter born bawling calves that the buyers are beginning to discount because of health concerns. Slaughter cows traded 6.00-8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 7.00-9.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.59/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −138.05 against this barn's trailing median of $437.64.
Average price
$299.59
60 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs KY average
−4.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544303.091,65055
Medium and Large 2574260.981,4985thin
One grade step is worth $42.11/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
299.59
—
KY average24 barns · 1,093 hd
294.45
+5.14
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
−4.80
This barn, trailing median31 sales
437.64
−138.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
499446392338median 437.6303/0504/2306/1809/1010/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.45, low $352.00, median $437.64 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,777152.702,71320
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,443134.601,94221
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215129.551,57417
CowsLean 85-90%High992116.671,15824

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$1,5732thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$1,5251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$1,3634thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,197$1,6933thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)905$1,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)988$1,2004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$2,0752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,283$2,0673thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335285.00/cwt285.00–285.009551
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367349.52/cwt347.50–350.001,2835
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429325.59/cwt319.00–335.001,3977
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,52919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477291.96/cwt290.00–295.001,3935
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy543306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,66248
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543281.04/cwt275.00–285.001,5265
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574260.98/cwt260.00–265.001,4985
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,6792
Steers600–650Medium 1-2612265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621275.05/cwt273.50–275.501,70854
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708247.01/cwt246.50–248.001,74918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730216.33/cwt215.00–217.001,5793
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,78619
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781249.25/cwt249.25–249.251,94764
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9093
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2237305.23/cwt300.00–307.507233
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260275.00/cwt275.00–275.007151
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275305.00/cwt305.00–305.008391
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295230.00/cwt230.00–230.006791
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300280.00/cwt280.00–280.008401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310215.00/cwt215.00–215.006671
Heifers300–350Large 1-2332275.00/cwt275.00–275.009133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364285.06/cwt284.00–290.001,03811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008892
Heifers400–450Large 1-2413215.00/cwt215.00–215.008882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,22031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437246.04/cwt243.00–262.501,0758
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483198.20/cwt172.50–215.009574
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485265.08/cwt261.00–266.001,28636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556259.51/cwt251.00–263.501,44346
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4095
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580163.61/cwt147.50–180.009492
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,49411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615227.81/cwt225.00–231.001,4017
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4276
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707203.02/cwt202.00–206.001,4358
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1681
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,63010
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4891
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3810132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0731
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2928159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4762
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Replacement957196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,87610
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,023170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7396
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283285.00/cwt285.00–285.008072
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2312344.97/cwt335.00–350.001,0769
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,26514
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388308.48/cwt300.00–312.501,1973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430318.21/cwt305.00–321.001,36817
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435273.94/cwt265.00–280.001,1925
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5157
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2486295.70/cwt290.00–296.001,43739
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515276.25/cwt275.00–277.501,4232
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519260.92/cwt245.00–267.501,3546
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556279.24/cwt279.00–280.001,55334
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4031
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2616249.66/cwt240.00–252.501,53834
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683238.49/cwt237.00–240.001,6292
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690217.52/cwt215.00–220.001,5012
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2703235.93/cwt235.00–236.001,65915
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2761221.42/cwt220.00–222.001,6857
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2801
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860211.26/cwt210.00–212.501,8172
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3960160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,347136.71/cwt133.00–139.001,8413
Bulls——1,757146.50/cwt141.00–153.002,5749
Bulls——1,960165.66/cwt160.00–174.003,2478
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%882106.14/cwt100.00–109.009363
Cows—Lean 85-90%95091.11/cwt90.00–92.508662
Cows—Lean 85-90%978136.04/cwt132.00–140.001,3305
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027115.66/cwt112.00–123.001,18814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194135.88/cwt133.00–139.001,6228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226126.03/cwt121.00–131.001,5458
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437130.29/cwt124.00–134.001,87213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452141.61/cwt136.00–146.002,0568
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28651,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29351,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9851,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,573.42/head1,450.00–1,700.001,5732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29051,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Heifers—Large 1-21,0651,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2003
Bred Heifers—Large 1-21,1201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,889.63/head1,800.00–1,975.001,8902
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002

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.