Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2026-02-12

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 12
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2224
Receipts
181 head
▼ 508 vs last sale 689▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle sold were enrolled in the KY/TN CPH Advantage Sale and the producers followed the health and management protocols of the CPH program. Information on the CPH program 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 $502.67/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +89.90 against this barn's trailing median of $412.77.
Average price
$502.67
15 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+46.62
vs KY average
+24.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521505.002,63114thin
Medium and Large 2-3520470.002,4441thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd
502.67
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KY average24 barns · 1,112 hd
456.05
+46.62
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+24.28
This barn, trailing median1 sales
412.77
+89.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3006
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4441
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,63114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,55817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3745
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742367.50/cwt360.00–368.002,72747
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,84514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,7801
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,8051
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2934318.89/cwt318.00–319.002,9789
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,1501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,09012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2074
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,34815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3718322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,48821
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3840285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3941
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3865285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4651

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.