Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2026-07-16

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Jul 16
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▼ 339 vs last sale 749▼ 239 vs year ago 649 · −36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 105▼ 31 vs year ago 90 · −34.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 17 vs year ago 10 · +170.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers traded 7.00-9.00 lower. The downward trending futures market along with the typical summer heat causing calf health concerns is contributing to much softer demand across all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.04/cwt on 42 head, down $5.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 33 comparable sales and sits −0.64 against this barn's trailing median of $390.68.
Average price
$390.04
▼ 5.45 vs prior sale
42 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.54
vs KY average
−6.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541396.232,14234
Medium and Large 2-3538363.751,9578thin
One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about $185 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 sale42 hd
390.04
—
KY average25 barns · 1,111 hd
411.58
−21.54
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−6.01
This barn, trailing median33 sales
390.68
−0.64
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—High1,663223.263,7146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,447184.682,67218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,183175.862,08014
CowsLean 85-90%High970169.461,64421

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)1,290$3,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,157$2,7298
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,6543thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,183$2,3416
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,025$4,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)950$2,4001thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,9841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2054
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1531
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536428.12/cwt428.00–429.002,2958
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,5239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628380.52/cwt380.00–390.002,39019
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,23014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,47820
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3778316.25/cwt315.00–317.502,4602
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,082272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,9433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3681
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,4332
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4312
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283565.09/cwt560.00–570.001,5994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2354559.83/cwt557.50–564.001,98214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,9507
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3443420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,9622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,99322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506425.57/cwt422.50–432.502,15310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9276
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,13124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0452
Heifers600–650Large 1-2605299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8093
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618347.37/cwt335.00–348.002,14720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0925
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675317.34/cwt316.00–320.002,1426
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1591
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3850275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3381
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,4082
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6332
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,066256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,7294
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3217570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,2373
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2222660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,4653
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,8591
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3338514.81/cwt490.00–540.001,7402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2341620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,1149
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,8464
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413522.09/cwt510.00–525.002,15610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3428445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9054
Bulls400–450Large 1-2447362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6203
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485420.92/cwt420.00–421.002,04124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523364.95/cwt355.00–375.001,9092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2542392.08/cwt385.00–393.002,12525
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612359.08/cwt359.00–360.002,19813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3632334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1119
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0771
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2699339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,37010
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3728295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1483
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4002
Bulls1000–1050Medium 1-21,025258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,6451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,606215.35/cwt210.00–221.003,4594
Bulls——1,778239.09/cwt237.50–241.004,2512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%917183.41/cwt180.00–187.001,6826
Cows—Lean 85-90%983156.17/cwt150.00–160.001,5357
Cows—Lean 85-90%Natural985181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001169.13/cwt164.00–176.001,6937
Cows—Boner 80-85%Natural1,050185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158182.77/cwt179.00–190.002,1168
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,6671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242173.46/cwt170.00–175.002,1543
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Natural1,300200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,6001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300173.76/cwt166.00–179.002,2593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,0521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474189.08/cwt181.00–200.002,78713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,4361
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,201206.06/cwt197.00–215.002,4754
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,365200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,7301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29722,344.43/head2,200.00–2,450.002,3443
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29852,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0252,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,731.21/head2,550.00–2,900.002,7312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2132,700.52/head2,400.00–2,900.002,7014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2222,379.50/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2903,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4854,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0254,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001

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.