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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 9

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206

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Feeder Cattle receipts

636 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 629▲ 25 vs year ago 611 · +4.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

99 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 130▼ 1 vs year ago 100 · −1.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 29 vs year ago 48 · −60.4%

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 sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-6.00 lower. The male calves saw strong demand and rebounded back to the prices seen a few weeks ago. The buyers continued to show softer demand for heifers. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher with stronger demand and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

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 $345.07/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −45.61 against this barn's trailing median of $390.68.

Average price

$345.07

54 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$31.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs KY average

−39.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	348.52	1,915	48
Medium and Large 2-3	534	317.50	1,695	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.02/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale54 hd

345.07

—

KY average24 barns · 773 hd

345.95

−0.88

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−39.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.68

−45.61

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	—	Average	1,640	196.07	3,216	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	174.35	2,576	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	165.95	1,986	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	146.87	1,411	18

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	998	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,450	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,175	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	972	$2,285	8

Every lot

90 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,897	2
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,962	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,764	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	525	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,622	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	389.43/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,134	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,233	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	376.63/cwt	372.50–378.00	2,181	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,230	23
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	622	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,866	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,387	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,387	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	768	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,688	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	328.37/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,568	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,600	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	804	366.25/cwt	366.25–366.25	2,945	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	970	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,716	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,263	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,412	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	431	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,552	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	379.10/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,846	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	503	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,584	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	343.48/cwt	340.00–346.00	1,838	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	350.81/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,951	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	330.72/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,031	32
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	654	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,825	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,967	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	287.25/cwt	285.00–291.00	2,080	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,248	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	780	313.04/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,442	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	806	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,450	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,280	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	273.68/cwt	270.00–277.50	2,540	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	935	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,347	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	977	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,824	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,696	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	218	509.83/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,111	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	297	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,530	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,789	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,853	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1-2	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	399.80/cwt	396.00–407.50	1,751	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	362.47/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,950	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	383.06/cwt	377.50–384.00	2,076	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	372.78/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,099	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,236	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1-2	620	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,891	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	626	328.36/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,056	21
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	686	291.44/cwt	272.50–301.00	1,999	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,191	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	781	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,031	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	808	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,028	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,327	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	911	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,815	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,547	185.59/cwt	177.50–189.00	2,871	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	201.58/cwt	200.00–203.00	3,135	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	193.68/cwt	193.00–194.00	3,070	4
Bulls	—	—Natural	1,975	211.05/cwt	210.00–212.00	4,168	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	152.87/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,373	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	133.14/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,273	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	169.61/cwt	163.00–180.00	1,650	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	144.91/cwt	142.50–148.00	1,464	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	169.14/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,982	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	159.57/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,988	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	161.26/cwt	156.00–165.00	2,351	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	176.07/cwt	168.00–194.00	2,606	38
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	860	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	890	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	915	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,320	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	845	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	972	2,285.00/head	2,285.00–2,285.00	2,285	8

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 Oct 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 636Last week 629Year ago 611

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 130Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,175.00	3,175.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,320	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,850.00	2,850.00

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	—	890	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	2,450.00	2,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	2,350.00	2,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	972	2,285.00	2,285.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	431	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	935	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	806	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	353	400.00	400.00
22	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
41	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	379.10
15	500–550	535	340.00–346.00	343.48
33	550–600	556	345.00–351.00	350.81
32	600–650	614	326.00–332.00	330.72
11	700–750	724	285.00–291.00	287.25
3	750–800	778	289.00	289.00
1	800–850	820	278.00	278.00
2	900–950	928	270.00–277.50	273.68
5	950–1000	977	289.00	289.00
3	1000–1050	1,045	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	654	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	705	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	780	310.00–314.00	313.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	438	396.00–407.50	399.80
1	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	538	360.00–365.00	362.47
3	550–600	577	330.00	330.00
21	600–650	626	323.00–334.00	328.36
9	650–700	686	272.50–301.00	291.44
5	750–800	781	260.00	260.00
2	800–850	808	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	218	505.00–515.00	509.83
3	250–300	297	515.00	515.00
10	350–400	367	487.50	487.50
11	400–450	414	447.50	447.50
16	450–500	485	420.00	420.00
20	500–550	542	377.50–384.00	383.06
10	550–600	563	367.50–375.00	372.78
8	600–650	616	363.00	363.00
8	650–700	690	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	970	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	392.50	392.50
2	750–800	768	350.00	350.00
64	800–850	804	366.25	366.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	408	465.00	465.00
11	450–500	452	434.00	434.00
28	500–550	548	386.00–390.00	389.43
4	550–600	579	372.50–378.00	376.63
23	600–650	617	361.50	361.50
3	650–700	692	345.00	345.00
15	700–750	719	332.00	332.00
9	750–800	782	320.00–337.50	328.37
1	800–850	800	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	525	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	317.00	317.00
4	900–950	911	309.00	309.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,585	193.00–194.00	193.68
2	—	1,555	200.00–203.00	201.58
3	—	1,547	177.50–189.00	185.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	210.00–212.00	211.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	156.00–165.00	161.26
38	—	1,480	168.00–194.00	176.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	898	150.00–157.50	152.87
6	—	956	126.00–139.00	133.14
3	—	973	163.00–180.00	169.61
5	—	1,010	142.50–148.00	144.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,172	165.00–179.00	169.14
8	—	1,246	154.00–164.00	159.57

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.