Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2024-08-15

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 15
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
774 head
▲ 428 vs last sale 346▲ 217 vs year ago 557 · +39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 69▲ 27 vs year ago 79 · +34.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 9▲ 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher with some of the better quality packages being higher. With cattle futures stabilizing a little and more seasonable weather in place the feeder cattle buyers showed stronger demand than in previous weeks. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 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 $297.36/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −140.27 against this barn's trailing median of $437.64.
Average price
$297.36
116 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.47
vs KY average
+17.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563298.251,680113
Medium and Large 2-3532264.001,4043thin
One grade step is worth $34.25/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale116 hd
297.36
—
KY average24 barns · 820 hd
286.90
+10.47
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
+17.02
This barn, trailing median31 sales
437.64
−140.27
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

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—Low1,607164.572,6459thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,371147.302,02035
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,154137.121,58323
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,074128.721,38341
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,375175.002,4061thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,102$2,1673thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$2,1251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)912$1,8283thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)740$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,298$2,7062thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1567
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470303.50/cwt303.50–303.501,4266
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2562
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4043
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,63211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,58422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569301.10/cwt301.10–301.101,71380
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614252.26/cwt245.00–260.001,54913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674242.13/cwt240.00–245.001,63211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3688222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,74716
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3769214.13/cwt200.00–219.001,64710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added786255.40/cwt255.40–255.402,00764
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843226.18/cwt225.50–232.501,90710
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892221.50/cwt218.00–223.001,97610
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9922
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0934
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,168177.75/cwt177.50–178.002,0762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230270.00/cwt270.00–270.006211
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295245.00/cwt245.00–245.007231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300280.00/cwt280.00–280.008401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3319260.77/cwt257.50–262.508323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355264.00/cwt264.00–264.0093721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3384249.00/cwt249.00–249.0095612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432270.12/cwt259.00–272.501,16746
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480225.50/cwt221.00–230.001,0822
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489263.57/cwt263.50–264.001,28939
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545249.75/cwt244.00–250.001,36169
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3616208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626234.99/cwt229.50–236.001,47125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3693208.58/cwt200.00–210.001,4457
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716227.19/cwt224.50–229.001,62715
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6992
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8783
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,9104
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,135170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3283275.44/cwt265.00–285.007792
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288330.00/cwt330.00–330.009503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3323265.35/cwt260.00–280.008574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3355265.00/cwt262.50–270.009413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2358300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0747
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0486
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2424295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,25120
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2441277.39/cwt277.00–280.001,2237
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2381
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2493301.50/cwt301.50–301.501,48626
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540251.20/cwt251.00–252.501,3567
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,56225
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3577239.64/cwt232.00–247.501,3834
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,53923
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3687216.10/cwt210.00–219.001,4853
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,61218
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2816210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7148
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2883187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6512
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,375175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0721
Bulls——1,545180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7811
Bulls——1,646164.73/cwt158.00–170.002,7117
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%848105.32/cwt102.00–109.008932
Cows—Boner 80-85%950117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1121
Cows—Lean 85-90%954148.40/cwt141.00–160.001,4165
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,100124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3641
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102118.44/cwt113.00–123.001,30510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107130.86/cwt125.00–138.001,44924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117142.81/cwt140.00–148.001,59510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202134.06/cwt127.00–138.001,61112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,353151.84/cwt143.00–165.002,05425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452137.27/cwt129.00–141.001,9939
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27881,616.43/head1,500.00–1,725.001,6162
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,705.78/head2,450.00–2,900.002,7062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27401,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501

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.