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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, May 23

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

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Feeder Cattle receipts

502 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 680▼ 125 vs year ago 627 · −19.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

61 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 133▼ 25 vs year ago 86 · −29.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 5 vs year ago 7 · +71.4%

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 mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder calf demand was slightly lower and buyers were very selective on quality and condition. Slaughter cows sold 9.00-10.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 6.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.41/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −136.27 against this barn's trailing median of $390.68.

Average price

$254.41

64 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$67.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.35

vs KY average

−22.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	266.64	1,449	50
Medium and Large 2	539	239.08	1,289	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	539	199.38	1,074	10thin

One grade step is worth $67.27/cwt here — about $375 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale64 hd

254.41

—

KY average27 barns · 1,629 hd

265.76

−11.35

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−22.05

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.68

−136.27

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.49, low $314.93, median $390.68 across 33 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,716	164.68	2,825	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	144.92	2,147	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	139.74	1,794	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	132.24	1,312	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,700	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,128	$1,638	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$1,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,275	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,200	1thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,236	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	336.27/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,258	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,319	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,240	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	457	233.34/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,066	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,547	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	500	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,360	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,311	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	300.20/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,612	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	271.28/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,459	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,573	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	266.46/cwt	262.50–267.00	1,652	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,528	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	250.30/cwt	247.50–256.00	1,647	3
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	718	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,562	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	245.12/cwt	243.00–246.00	1,765	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	235.76/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,853	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	917	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,100	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,013	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	278	298.95/cwt	280.00–310.00	831	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	861	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	352	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,153	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,074	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	280.06/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,103	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	286.38/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,197	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	975	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,191	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,008	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	280.04/cwt	278.00–280.50	1,358	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	262.41/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,372	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	197.64/cwt	177.50–208.00	1,053	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	239.08/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,289	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	546	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,474	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,485	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	248.19/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,507	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	648	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,322	3
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,621	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,467	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,490	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,202	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,397	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	764	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,604	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	203.39/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,591	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	813	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,463	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	851	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,719	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	885	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,460	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	942	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,507	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,005	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,709	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	811	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	273	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	956	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	342	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	958	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,249	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	361	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,314	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,177	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	257.47/cwt	255.00–260.00	978	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,379	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	303.00/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,348	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,116	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	275.11/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,282	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	301.65/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,478	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	288.93/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,566	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	261.43/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,637	24
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	238.75/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,647	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,708	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,825	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	197.80/cwt	195.00–202.50	1,638	8
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,606	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,010	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,641	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,794	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,235	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,815	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	156.59/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,541	3
Bulls	—	—	1,824	170.68/cwt	167.00–175.00	3,113	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	131.02/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,262	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	135.09/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,432	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	145.59/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,834	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,332	128.04/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,705	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	148.10/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,159	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	139.89/cwt	129.00–143.00	2,124	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	800	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	800	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	830	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1

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 May 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 502Last week 680Year ago 627

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 133Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 15Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	335.00–337.50	336.27
4	400–450	424	311.00	311.00
2	450–500	455	270.00–275.00	272.47
2	500–550	538	265.00–277.50	271.28
1	550–600	550	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	630	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	457	232.50–235.00	233.34
1	500–550	535	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	350.00	350.00
11	450–500	473	327.00	327.00
13	500–550	537	290.00–301.00	300.20
2	550–600	550	286.00	286.00
24	600–650	620	262.50–267.00	266.46
3	650–700	658	247.50–256.00	250.30
20	700–750	720	243.00–246.00	245.12
10	750–800	786	234.00–245.00	235.76
9	900–950	917	229.00	229.00
1	950–1000	970	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	718	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	222.50	222.50
1	450–500	480	210.00	210.00
9	500–550	533	177.50–208.00	197.64
1	550–600	590	215.00	215.00
3	600–650	648	204.00	204.00
1	700–750	720	167.00	167.00
1	850–900	885	165.00	165.00
3	900–950	942	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	280.00–310.00	298.95
2	300–350	313	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	394	275.00–282.50	280.06
5	400–450	441	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	539	230.00–242.00	239.08
3	650–700	655	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	745	187.50	187.50
1	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
3	800–850	813	180.00	180.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	305.00	305.00
24	400–450	418	275.00–291.00	286.38
37	450–500	485	278.00–280.50	280.04
15	500–550	523	262.00–263.00	262.41
27	550–600	554	268.00	268.00
14	600–650	607	244.00–250.00	248.19
5	700–750	706	211.00	211.00
3	750–800	782	200.00–205.00	203.39
7	850–900	851	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	546	270.00	270.00
8	650–700	651	249.00	249.00
9	750–800	764	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	352	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
3	350–400	362	325.00	325.00
8	400–450	445	300.00–306.00	303.00
5	450–500	466	260.00–287.50	275.11
1	1000–1050	1,010	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	380	255.00–260.00	257.47
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	460	242.50	242.50
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	345.00	345.00
3	250–300	273	350.00	350.00
5	350–400	360	347.00	347.00
15	400–450	414	333.00	333.00
18	450–500	490	293.00–305.00	301.65
16	500–550	542	277.50–290.00	288.93
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
24	600–650	626	255.00–265.00	261.43
2	650–700	690	237.50–240.00	238.75
4	700–750	700	244.00	244.00
1	750–800	785	232.50	232.50
8	800–850	828	195.00–202.50	197.80
1	900–950	905	177.50	177.50
1	1000–1050	1,040	172.50	172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,260	142.00–152.00	145.59
3	—	1,332	127.00–129.00	128.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	963	129.00–132.00	131.02
3	—	1,060	134.00–137.00	135.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,458	144.00–155.00	148.10
12	—	1,518	129.00–143.00	139.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,824	167.00–175.00	170.68
1	—	1,235	147.00	147.00
3	—	1,623	150.00–164.00	156.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,275.00	1,275.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	1,375.00	1,375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,650.00	1,650.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,120	1,700.00	1,700.00

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.