Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded sharply lower. Today's offering contained a majority of unweaned calves with several being plain quality. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 4.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.97/cwt on 86 head, up $50.20 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 25 of 31 comparable sales and sits +9.03 against this barn's trailing median of $393.95.

Average price

$402.97

▲ 50.20 vs prior sale

86 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$69.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.90

vs KY average

+42.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	412.70	2,277	74
Medium and Large 2-3	543	342.98	1,861	12thin

One grade step is worth $69.72/cwt here — about $416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.46, low $339.50, median $393.95 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale86 hd

402.97

—

KY average25 barns · 686 hd

375.07

+27.90

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+42.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

393.95

+9.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,790	212.08	3,797	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	189.72	2,878	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	178.64	2,262	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	163.00	1,711	21

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$3,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$2,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,462	5

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	374.36/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,299	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,962	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,294	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	443.09/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,136	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	523.44/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,895	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	461.65/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,745	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	426.77/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,262	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,034	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,205	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,220	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	363.31/cwt	361.00–364.00	2,227	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	168.38/cwt	164.00–173.00	1,817	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	156.53/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,689	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,600	195.42/cwt	185.00–208.00	3,127	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,410	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,580	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,020	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,658	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	175.48/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	422.98/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	259	474.65/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,229	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	350.38/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,885	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	309.60/cwt	295.00–340.00	1,941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	611	297.52/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	368.23/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,602	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	276.60/cwt	273.00–280.00	2,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,856	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,796	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	3,637.31/head	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,637	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,509	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,160	1
Bulls	—	—	1,678	218.53/cwt	217.50–220.00	3,667	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	189.91/cwt	182.50–195.00	2,788	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	184.91/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,803	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	171.52/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,175	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,075	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,005	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,923	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,390	179.50/cwt	179.00–180.00	2,495	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	131.50/cwt	124.00–140.00	1,256	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,880	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	4,399	1
Bulls	—	—	1,873	198.32/cwt	187.00–207.50	3,715	3

How this sale compares

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Thu Jul 30, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 335Last week 283Year ago 428

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 93Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 42Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	550	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	590.00	590.00
4	350–400	360	545.00	545.00
5	450–500	453	475.00	475.00
10	500–550	530	420.00–427.50	426.77
15	600–650	614	372.50–375.00	374.36
9	700–750	712	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	259	430.00–490.00	474.65
2	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	480	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	545	362.50	362.50
3	600–650	627	295.00–340.00	309.60
1	650–700	680	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	590.00	590.00
15	350–400	362	510.00–535.00	523.44
7	400–450	426	477.50	477.50
19	450–500	482	435.00–455.00	443.09
5	500–550	543	406.00	406.00
13	600–650	613	361.00–364.00	363.31
4	650–700	698	318.00	318.00
1	800–850	800	270.00	270.00
2	850–900	880	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	530.00	530.00
14	350–400	378	445.00–485.00	461.65
8	400–450	428	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	484	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	512	390.00	390.00
6	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	550–600	554	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	460.00	460.00
3	300–350	313	410.00–430.00	422.98
13	400–450	435	350.00–390.00	368.23
2	450–500	498	310.00	310.00
10	500–550	538	335.00–360.00	350.38
2	550–600	565	306.00	306.00
4	600–650	611	290.00–300.00	297.52
4	700–750	728	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	773	273.00–280.00	276.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,079	164.00–173.00	168.38
7	—	1,079	152.00–160.00	156.53
3	—	975	177.00–190.00	184.91
2	—	955	124.00–140.00	131.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,600	185.00–208.00	195.42
1	—	1,410	183.00	183.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	162.50	162.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	175.00–176.00	175.48
5	—	1,468	182.50–195.00	189.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	170.00–173.00	171.52
1	—	1,045	184.00	184.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	200.00	200.00
2	—	1,390	179.00–180.00	179.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,678	217.50–220.00	218.53
3	—	1,873	187.00–207.50	198.32
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	234.00	234.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	212.50	212.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	204.00	204.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,117	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,637.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	3,350.00	3,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,450.00	2,450.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle