Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2224
Receipts
737 head
▲ 584 vs last sale 153▲ 737 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was a KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All the cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and producers followed the animal health and management protocols of the program. All the cattle are considered "value added" for meeting the standards of the program. Information about CPH is available at www.cph45.com.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $391.08/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −21.69 against this barn's trailing median of $412.77.
Average price
$391.08
55 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.28
vs KY average
+9.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551398.502,19648
Medium and Large 2-3550362.501,9941thin
Large 1555362.002,0092thin
Medium 1590341.002,0121thin
Medium and Large 3548318.001,7433thin
One grade step is worth $80.50/cwt here — about $453 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 sale55 hd
391.08
—
KY average24 barns · 416 hd
371.81
+19.28
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
+9.40
This barn, trailing median1 sales
412.77
−21.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5371
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,91410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7702
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9941
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551398.50/cwt398.50–398.502,19648
Steers550–600Large 1555362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0092
Steers550–600Medium 1590341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0121
Steers600–650Medium 1605335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0271
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622370.37/cwt365.00–371.002,30461
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2182
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy640390.50/cwt390.50–390.502,49983
Steers650–700Medium 1650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,48678
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719366.40/cwt356.00–368.002,63431
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,64717
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy766362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,77365
Steers750–800Large 1770318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,4493
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy824336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,77359
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,9309
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,75612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3538355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy547373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,04095
Heifers550–600Large 1588341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0054
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy616346.25/cwt346.25–346.252,13375
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628324.72/cwt322.50–325.002,0399
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,19517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0591
Heifers700–750Medium 1708294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729313.75/cwt313.75–313.752,28724
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2888

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.