Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

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 class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.77/cwt on 28 head, down $89.90 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −44.95 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.

Average price

$412.77

▼ 89.90 vs prior sale

28 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

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

$81.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.21

vs KY average

+10.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	431.00	2,388	18thin
Medium and Large 2	551	397.00	2,187	6thin
Medium and Large 3	585	367.50	2,150	1thin
Medium 1-2	548	350.00	1,918	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.00/cwt here — about $470 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 sale28 hd

412.77

—

KY average23 barns · 566 hd

428.98

−16.21

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+10.89

This barn, trailing median2 sales

457.72

−44.95

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

38 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 1-2	700–750	735	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,477	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	548	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,918	3
Heifers	Medium 3	450–500	478	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,314	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,480	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,553	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,496	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	314.75/cwt	314.75–314.75	2,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,388	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	336.75/cwt	336.75–336.75	3,034	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,187	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,661	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,869	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,712	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	305.66/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	936	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,117	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	369.75/cwt	369.75–369.75	2,377	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,798	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	364.00/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,257	15

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.

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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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	735	337.00	337.00
1	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	456	458.00	458.00
18	550–600	554	431.00	431.00
40	600–650	631	393.00	393.00
55	650–700	672	371.50	371.50
70	700–750	746	363.50	363.50
69	750–800	786	365.00	365.00
40	800–850	829	337.50	337.50
10	850–900	869	319.50	319.50
57	900–950	901	336.75	336.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	367.50	367.50
1	650–700	695	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	733	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	415.00	415.00
6	550–600	551	397.00	397.00
15	600–650	620	357.50–365.00	364.00
11	750–800	768	346.50	346.50
4	900–950	936	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	445.00	445.00
10	450–500	463	416.00	416.00
31	500–550	536	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
66	600–650	643	369.75	369.75
16	700–750	721	321.00	321.00
10	750–800	777	314.75	314.75
11	800–850	825	309.50	309.50
2	950–1000	955	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	536	355.00	355.00
11	600–650	640	329.00	329.00
3	750–800	782	305.00–306.00	305.66
1	950–1000	995	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00

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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