Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2019-08-22

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 22
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
3 vs last sale 471 468 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
32 vs last sale 50 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
37 vs last sale 5 42 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 cattle traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.87/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$126.87
192 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532128.28683154
Medium and Large 2-3479121.1558038
One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $103 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 sale192 hd
126.87
KY average26 barns · 3,460 hd
124.49
+2.39
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
BullsAverage1,77182.781,46611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41761.0486512
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30960.9779810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13652.9560146

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3419128.74/cwt127.00–131.005397
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563115.29/cwt113.00–116.506499
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3654108.00/cwt108.00–108.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3531108.00/cwt108.00–108.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3463122.00/cwt122.00–122.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345126.00/cwt126.00–126.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added460138.13/cwt137.00–139.0063516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added541137.50/cwt137.50–137.5074415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611126.00/cwt126.00–126.0077014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added737115.00/cwt115.00–115.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566126.99/cwt122.50–130.0071929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433132.03/cwt131.00–137.0057228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712106.07/cwt103.50–107.0075515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372141.44/cwt138.00–147.0052610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612115.79/cwt112.00–118.007098
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522126.55/cwt126.00–127.006617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2316145.00/cwt145.00–145.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452127.00/cwt127.00–127.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825108.00/cwt108.00–108.008912
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2505106.00/cwt106.00–106.005352
BullsMedium and Large 2-3636107.00/cwt107.00–107.006817
BullsMedium and Large 2-3413133.00/cwt133.00–133.005493
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660101.00/cwt101.00–101.006672
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3335127.50/cwt127.50–127.504271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617125.00/cwt125.00–125.0077110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434144.00/cwt144.00–144.006258
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517137.00/cwt137.00–137.007086
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383161.00/cwt161.00–161.006176
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565130.50/cwt130.50–130.507375
BullsMedium and Large 1-2318175.00/cwt175.00–175.005574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458130.00/cwt130.00–130.005953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2758108.00/cwt108.00–108.008192
CowsLean 85-90%1,16854.41/cwt50.50–59.0063636
CowsLean 85-90%1,01947.69/cwt45.50–51.5048610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41761.04/cwt55.00–64.5086512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26861.69/cwt56.00–65.007829
CowsBoner 80-85%1,68054.50/cwt54.50–54.509161
Bulls1,77483.93/cwt81.00–87.501,4899
Bulls1,75877.61/cwt75.00–79.501,3642
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2998785.14/cwt730.00–840.007,8362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,267924.34/cwt885.00–950.0011,7113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,266902.72/cwt860.00–975.0011,4289
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175704.96/cwt700.00–710.008,2832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,4311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,500830.00/cwt830.00–830.0012,4501
Bred CowsLarge 2-31,400690.00/cwt690.00–690.009,6602
Dairy SteersLarge 343061.00/cwt61.00–61.002622
Dairy SteersLarge 369574.00/cwt74.00–74.005141
SteersMedium and Large 2-3473135.63/cwt135.50–136.006428
SteersMedium and Large 2-3566130.00/cwt130.00–130.007365
SteersMedium and Large 2-3611118.00/cwt118.00–118.007213
SteersMedium and Large 2-3773112.00/cwt112.00–112.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2-3535131.00/cwt131.00–131.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619138.86/cwt138.50–139.2586024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added512152.50/cwt152.50–152.507819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617135.50/cwt135.50–135.5083617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558138.99/cwt138.00–140.0077616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421154.92/cwt154.00–156.0065213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681132.00/cwt132.00–132.0089912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497146.00/cwt146.00–146.007269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2867115.00/cwt115.00–115.009976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2549139.50/cwt139.50–139.507665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2797124.00/cwt124.00–124.009883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378164.50/cwt164.00–165.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3381130.09/cwt126.00–132.0049611

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.