Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2025-12-09

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2224
Receipts
689 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 737▼ 59 vs year ago 748 · −7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was a KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and producers followed the animal health and management protocols of the program. All cattle are considered "value-added" for meeting the CPH standards. 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 $417.94/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +5.17 against this barn's trailing median of $412.77.
Average price
$417.94
34 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,250
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$40.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.61
vs KY average
−12.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538420.002,26032
Medium and Large 2550390.002,1451thin
Medium 1540380.002,0521thin
One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale34 hd
417.94
—
KY average27 barns · 1,467 hd
397.33
+20.61
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−12.69
This barn, trailing median1 sales
412.77
+5.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,6652
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,26032
Steers500–550Medium 1540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,45735
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655356.82/cwt352.50–359.002,3373
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664377.55/cwt369.00–381.002,50789
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,46274
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2727334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,4329
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,59955
Steers750–800Medium 1790286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,2591
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835328.25/cwt328.25–328.252,74160
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2838310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5983
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1921313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,88330
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2932290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7039
Steers950–1000Large 1965271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,6151
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,9275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6131
Heifers400–450Medium 1440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,88112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,93844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625346.25/cwt346.25–346.252,16445
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,10910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,24832
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729319.23/cwt316.50–324.502,32758
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2747310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,31913
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2769285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,19215
Heifers800–850Medium 1Fleshy820229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8782
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,52623
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2843284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,3941
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,4793
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,035250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,5881
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4841

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.