Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale report is for the KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and met the protocols of the program. The sale offering consisted mostly of co-mingled packages of pre-conditioned calves that were very uniformly matched.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.57/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −154.15 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.

Average price

$303.57

43 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$77.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.78

vs KY average

−20.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	310.50	1,720	35
Medium and Large 2	534	279.00	1,490	7thin
Medium 3	560	233.00	1,305	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.50/cwt here — about $415 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 sale43 hd

303.57

—

KY average28 barns · 2,019 hd

297.79

+5.78

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−20.78

This barn, trailing median2 sales

457.72

−154.15

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

37 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	255.75/cwt	255.75–255.75	1,721	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	255.75/cwt	255.75–255.75	2,128	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,338	1
Steers	Small 1-2	750–800	790	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,460	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,426	2
Steers	Medium 3	700–750	705	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,731	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,310	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,838	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	854	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,118	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,720	35
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	833	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	271.49/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,957	134
Steers	Medium 3	550–600	560	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,054	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	262.42/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,038	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,169	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,490	7
Steers	Medium 3	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,872	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,713	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,697	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,855	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,579	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,326	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,991	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,075	1

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

Tue Dec 10, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	272.50	272.50
2	550–600	555	257.00	257.00
3	600–650	627	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	740	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	454	292.00	292.00
44	550–600	552	286.00	286.00
40	600–650	625	271.50	271.50
42	650–700	673	255.75	255.75
43	700–750	736	235.25	235.25
27	800–850	830	223.50	223.50
5	900–950	948	210.00	210.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
10	450–500	452	323.00	323.00
35	550–600	554	310.50	310.50
75	600–650	622	295.50	295.50
32	650–700	672	278.50	278.50
134	700–750	721	271.00–272.00	271.49
50	750–800	772	266.00	266.00
87	800–850	832	255.75	255.75
34	900–950	924	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	322.50	322.50
1	450–500	460	290.00	290.00
7	500–550	534	279.00	279.00
9	600–650	610	278.00	278.00
15	650–700	664	258.00	258.00
12	700–750	726	262.00–263.00	262.42
4	850–900	854	248.00	248.00
1	900–950	910	235.00	235.00
3	1000–1050	1,038	209.00	209.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	560	233.00	233.00
1	700–750	705	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	745	234.00	234.00
2	800–850	833	224.00	224.00

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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