Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2019-06-20

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Jun 20
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
1 vs last sale 553 554 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
10 vs last sale 96 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
13 vs last sale 56 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifer under 450 pounds traded 3.00-4.00 higher, over 450 pounds steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder bulls traded sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.55/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$122.55
199 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.35
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520124.54648164
Medium and Large 2-3554113.2762735
One grade step is worth $11.27/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale199 hd
122.55
KY average22 barns · 3,635 hd
126.90
−4.35
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,67680.261,34611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24763.8279617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44460.0286610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15453.1361328

Every lot, as filed

68 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,16854.84/cwt51.00–58.0064121
CowsLean 85-90%1,11147.98/cwt46.00–50.005337
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44959.13/cwt54.00–62.008579
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39568.00/cwt68.00–68.009491
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25562.25/cwt59.00–65.0078114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21071.13/cwt69.00–73.508613
Bulls1,73281.93/cwt78.50–84.001,4198
Bulls1,52875.82/cwt73.50–77.001,1593
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,3481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,270880.00/cwt810.00–990.0011,1765
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200740.00/cwt740.00–740.008,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,515760.00/cwt760.00–760.0011,5141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,350975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,1631
Dairy SteersLarge 337865.00/cwt65.00–65.002466
Dairy SteersLarge 316452.00/cwt52.00–52.00854
Dairy SteersLarge 356558.00/cwt58.00–58.003282
Dairy SteersLarge 344059.00/cwt59.00–59.002601
SteersMedium and Large 2-3537127.00/cwt127.00–127.006828
SteersMedium and Large 2-3479132.34/cwt127.00–134.506345
BullsMedium and Large 1-2309160.00/cwt160.00–160.004945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367163.00/cwt163.00–163.0059811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2493133.50/cwt133.50–133.5065813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730106.00/cwt106.00–106.0077413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445136.00/cwt136.00–136.0060515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2548123.00/cwt123.00–123.0067416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622116.25/cwt116.25–116.2572322
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320153.00/cwt153.00–153.004901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
BullsMedium and Large 2-379592.00/cwt92.00–92.007312
BullsMedium and Large 2-3364145.88/cwt144.00–151.005314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725103.00/cwt103.00–103.007474
BullsMedium and Large 2-3537118.00/cwt118.00–118.006346
BullsMedium and Large 2-3564118.00/cwt118.00–118.006668
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425127.73/cwt127.00–128.0054311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2868100.00/cwt100.00–100.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-290297.00/cwt97.00–97.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2299135.00/cwt135.00–135.004044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694109.25/cwt108.00–113.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548124.50/cwt124.50–124.506826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430132.81/cwt131.00–133.5057118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371137.08/cwt136.00–141.0050925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619114.18/cwt114.00–115.0070727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562125.47/cwt125.00–125.5070528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482126.31/cwt122.50–128.0060940
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305131.00/cwt131.00–131.004002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423119.00/cwt119.00–119.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3725100.50/cwt100.50–100.507295
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3634106.04/cwt105.00–107.506727
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3489117.95/cwt115.00–121.005778
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3541116.00/cwt116.00–116.0062811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425163.00/cwt163.00–163.006932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662128.00/cwt128.00–128.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1-295095.50/cwt95.50–95.509072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2272162.00/cwt162.00–162.004413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2828115.00/cwt115.00–115.009523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718124.59/cwt123.50–126.008957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009067
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477141.35/cwt141.00–141.5067413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631130.62/cwt130.25–132.0082434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547145.25/cwt145.25–145.2579539
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565118.00/cwt118.00–118.006671
SteersMedium and Large 2-3260139.00/cwt139.00–139.003612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007552

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.