Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2020-01-23

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Jan 23
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
611 head
90 vs last sale 701 611 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
15 vs last sale 75 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
1 vs last sale 26 25 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

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for feeder heifers . Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bull sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.90/cwt on 298 head.
Average price
$132.90
298 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555134.26745267
Medium and Large 2-3525121.2263631
One grade step is worth $13.04/cwt here — about $108 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 sale298 hd
132.90
KY average27 barns · 5,754 hd
127.34
+5.56
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
BullsAverage1,76576.831,35610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48057.118453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17948.4157122
CowsLean 85-90%Average97138.5937515

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2-3483116.49/cwt115.00–124.005636
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3747113.00/cwt111.00–114.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3602120.00/cwt120.00–120.007222
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418121.00/cwt121.00–121.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270143.00/cwt143.00–143.003862
SteersMedium and Large 2-3410154.00/cwt154.00–154.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345141.00/cwt141.00–141.004862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625140.75/cwt138.00–142.5088036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536152.35/cwt149.00–154.2581725
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515132.00/cwt132.00–132.006801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359176.00/cwt176.00–176.006325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462151.57/cwt148.00–153.0070017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434155.32/cwt152.00–164.006747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280178.40/cwt170.00–181.005004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2817126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0293
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650126.00/cwt126.00–126.008192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,183841.28/cwt725.00–975.009,9522
Bred CowsMedium 1-2940725.33/cwt560.00–850.006,8185
Bred CowsMedium 1-2862740.20/cwt700.00–775.006,3812
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,050650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717133.00/cwt133.00–133.009543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762126.00/cwt126.00–126.009602
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2810638.19/cwt600.00–675.005,1692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9001
Bred CowsMedium 1-2975624.36/cwt600.00–650.006,0882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2171,015.61/cwt825.00–1,125.0012,3609
BullsMedium and Large 1-2364173.92/cwt168.00–178.0063319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2826118.51/cwt114.00–120.0097912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483140.79/cwt137.00–141.5068012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630132.64/cwt131.00–133.0083611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2736117.00/cwt117.00–117.008618
BullsMedium and Large 1-2287178.63/cwt174.00–182.005136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611135.17/cwt135.00–138.0082688
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433150.50/cwt150.50–150.5065226
Bulls1,70075.59/cwt74.00–79.001,2855
Bulls1,96885.24/cwt82.50–87.501,6783
Bulls1,62367.33/cwt65.00–69.501,0932
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465134.33/cwt134.00–135.006253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558141.27/cwt140.00–141.5078820
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06839.55/cwt39.00–40.004222
BullsMedium and Large 2-3531130.26/cwt121.00–131.506928
BullsMedium and Large 2-3295156.00/cwt156.00–156.004603
BullsMedium and Large 2-3392157.00/cwt157.00–157.006152
BullsMedium and Large 2-383094.00/cwt94.00–94.007801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310141.97/cwt138.00–146.004406
CowsLean 85-90%93636.55/cwt33.00–41.003429
CowsLean 85-90%1,02441.66/cwt40.00–44.504276
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48057.11/cwt56.00–59.008453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15947.33/cwt43.50–53.5054916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31557.17/cwt56.00–58.507524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3809104.00/cwt104.00–104.008415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536134.48/cwt129.00–137.7572131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484131.31/cwt131.00–133.0063624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367147.10/cwt144.00–151.0054022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567127.50/cwt127.50–127.5072318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722118.08/cwt116.00–119.5085310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637130.45/cwt126.00–134.0083145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437139.00/cwt139.00–139.0060723
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3329137.18/cwt136.00–138.004515
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3522121.00/cwt121.00–121.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390131.00/cwt131.00–131.005112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3584136.41/cwt130.00–138.007975
SteersMedium and Large 2-3356151.92/cwt143.00–155.005414

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.