Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2024-12-10

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2224
Receipts
748 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 565▲ 135 vs year ago 613 · +22.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale report is for the KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and met the protocols of the program. The sale offering consisted mostly of co-mingled packages of pre-conditioned calves that were very uniformly matched.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $303.57/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −109.20 against this barn's trailing median of $412.77.
Average price
$303.57
43 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$415
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3
$77.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.78
vs KY average
−20.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554310.501,72035
Medium and Large 2534279.001,4907thin
Medium 3560233.001,3051thin
One grade step is worth $77.50/cwt here — about $415 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 sale43 hd
303.57
—
KY average28 barns · 2,019 hd
297.79
+5.78
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−20.78
This barn, trailing median1 sales
412.77
−109.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale- 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
Steers350–400Medium 3380280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0641
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1452323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,46010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4907
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,72035
Steers550–600Medium 3560233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6969
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622295.50/cwt295.50–295.501,83875
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2664258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,71315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672278.50/cwt278.50–278.501,87232
Steers700–750Medium 3705217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721271.49/cwt271.00–272.001,957134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2726262.42/cwt262.00–263.001,90512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3745234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7432
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,05450
Steers750–800Small 1-2790208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6431
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832255.75/cwt255.75–255.752,12887
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3833224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8662
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2854248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,1184
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1391
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,31034
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,038209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,1693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370257.50/cwt257.50–257.509531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,32616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2733
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,57944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,69740
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4423
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673255.75/cwt255.75–255.751,72142
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736235.25/cwt235.25–235.251,73143
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6211
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,85527
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1948210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9915
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,0751

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.