Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.12/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −155.60 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.

Average price

$302.12

26 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$33.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.22

vs KY average

+21.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	303.40	1,708	25
Medium and Large 2-3	580	270.00	1,566	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.40/cwt here — about $142 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 sale26 hd

302.12

—

KY average24 barns · 820 hd

286.90

+15.22

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+21.78

This barn, trailing median2 sales

457.72

−155.60

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

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,576	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,850	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	879	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,747	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	256.63/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,894	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	270.63/cwt	259.00–274.75	1,705	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,958	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,504	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,146	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	247.81/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,544	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	268.25/cwt	268.25–268.25	1,811	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,072	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,033	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,606	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,181	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	252.33/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,408	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	667	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,778	21

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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale- Guthrie, KY

Thu Aug 15, 2024

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

Receipts 565Last week 613Year ago 407

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	308.00	308.00
3	450–500	470	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	526	295.00	295.00
21	550–600	570	305.00	305.00
43	600–650	630	259.00–274.75	270.63
37	650–700	675	268.25	268.25
114	700–750	738	251.00–259.00	256.63
40	750–800	768	255.00	255.00
50	800–850	840	242.00	242.00
24	900–950	925	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	580	270.00	270.00
18	600–650	623	240.00–250.00	247.81
1	750–800	765	225.00	225.00
4	850–900	879	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	242.00	242.00
3	550–600	560	236.00	236.00
2	750–800	765	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	272.50	272.50
10	400–450	444	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	558	252.00–253.00	252.33
46	600–650	628	251.00	251.00
15	650–700	650	247.00	247.00
47	700–750	727	240.25	240.25
19	800–850	822	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	945	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	553	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	667	266.50	266.50

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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