Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2025-01-30

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 30
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
729 head
▲ 394 vs last sale 335▲ 22 vs year ago 707 · +3.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 50▲ 14 vs year ago 94 · +14.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 12▼ 15 vs year ago 37 · −40.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. The demand for feeders was weaker especially on the non-weaned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.16/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −118.52 against this barn's trailing median of $390.68.
Average price
$272.16
65 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.54
vs KY average
−32.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546272.661,48864
Medium and Large 2-3535240.001,2841thin
One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about $204 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 sale65 hd
272.16
—
KY average25 barns · 2,917 hd
280.70
−8.54
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−32.48
This barn, trailing median33 sales
390.68
−118.52
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
434390345301median 390.6803/0504/3006/2508/2710/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,663166.672,77221
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,413137.011,93630
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,219127.851,55925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,077117.311,26429

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)1,130$1,7632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,119$1,7495
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$1,7384thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$2,0251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)875$1,6501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,220$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)750$1,9001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,215$2,8501thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,2302
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380391.35/cwt380.00–395.001,4874
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3403325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3102
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4761
Steers450–500Medium 1-2460290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,5998
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7654
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529317.87/cwt312.50–327.001,6826
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3544265.98/cwt247.50–275.001,4473
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,73817
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620267.21/cwt259.00–270.001,65710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622289.80/cwt281.00–299.001,80327
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679272.24/cwt271.00–280.001,8497
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724262.82/cwt255.00–264.001,90319
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771250.04/cwt249.00–255.001,92823
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added776275.25/cwt275.25–275.252,13665
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827248.47/cwt244.00–250.002,05519
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884241.61/cwt240.00–242.002,1365
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2911
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,135206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,3383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2210365.00/cwt365.00–365.007672
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2271342.16/cwt330.00–350.0092711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2309340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0516
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320310.00/cwt310.00–310.009921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,20614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3374298.81/cwt297.50–302.501,1188
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414302.40/cwt290.00–306.001,25213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3449272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479284.17/cwt275.00–292.001,36149
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2485245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,50411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545271.83/cwt269.00–273.501,48148
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5155
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628250.68/cwt240.00–252.001,57437
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Replacement704255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7954
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709218.61/cwt216.00–222.001,55015
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7306
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7222
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825218.74/cwt217.50–220.001,8052
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0361
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3920197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,8171
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2210385.00/cwt385.00–385.008093
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2262390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0223
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280335.00/cwt335.00–335.009381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0371
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2322377.63/cwt372.50–380.001,2163
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2359352.65/cwt345.00–365.001,2664
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4197
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2883
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436328.02/cwt324.00–331.001,43029
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3453296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5161
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy491334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,64029
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5608
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3544267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4526
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy557301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,67715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2592276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6345
Bulls600–650Medium 1-2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619273.84/cwt260.00–275.001,69513
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635247.56/cwt247.00–249.001,5727
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660247.48/cwt245.00–250.001,6332
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2721248.92/cwt237.50–250.001,79512
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7012
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2828220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,82212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,397151.42/cwt140.00–158.002,1155
Bulls——1,736175.09/cwt170.00–183.003,04011
Bulls——1,768163.40/cwt160.00–166.002,8895
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98396.90/cwt88.00–102.509534
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008110.21/cwt105.00–115.001,1116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098121.17/cwt117.00–129.001,33014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,177131.35/cwt130.00–132.001,5465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208112.81/cwt111.00–114.001,3633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210136.82/cwt133.00–140.001,6568
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227125.94/cwt121.00–132.001,54514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376132.23/cwt125.00–134.001,81910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,429140.84/cwt135.00–154.002,01319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0551,634.89/head1,500.00–1,775.001,6352
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0701,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1051,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1621,824.82/head1,725.00–2,000.001,8253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,050.00/head1,975.00–2,125.002,0502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28201,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29902,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501

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.