Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.61/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$130.61

197 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$4.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.67

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	131.24	699	169
Medium and Large 2-3	490	126.78	622	28

One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about $77 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 sale197 hd

130.61

—

KY average25 barns · 5,676 hd

127.94

+2.67

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,576	82.37	1,298	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	60.59	832	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,330	55.81	742	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,210	50.71	614	23

Every lot, as filed

70 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	454	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	200	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	742	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	150.66/cwt	150.50–151.00	809	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	127.69/cwt	126.00–129.00	941	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	13,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	159.03/cwt	155.00–162.00	663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	989	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	685	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	765	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	5,432	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	719.08/cwt	590.00–800.00	8,967	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	759.89/cwt	520.00–820.00	10,335	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	17,813	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	19,938	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,313	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	945	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,780	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,364	969.16/cwt	675.00–1,100.00	13,219	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,128.85/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	14,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	173.31/cwt	163.00–177.00	633	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	129.79/cwt	126.00–130.50	803	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	847	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	891	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	120.46/cwt	120.00–120.50	859	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	789	25
Bulls	—	—	1,692	82.64/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,398	6
Bulls	—	—	1,380	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,214	2
Bulls	—	—	1,275	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	588	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	531	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	717	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	50.29/cwt	47.00–54.50	605	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	156.35/cwt	155.00–157.00	680	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	148.29/cwt	143.00–149.75	728	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	711	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,350	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	810	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	55.81/cwt	53.00–59.50	742	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	60.59/cwt	57.00–64.00	832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	803	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	558	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	121.33/cwt	120.00–124.00	752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	137.74/cwt	137.50–138.00	624	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	131.53/cwt	129.75–134.75	691	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	122.79/cwt	115.00–125.50	645	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	117.53/cwt	116.00–119.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	138.23/cwt	136.00–139.00	863	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	149.12/cwt	149.00–150.00	429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	789	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 - Guthrie, KY

Thu Jan 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 468Last week 611Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 25Year ago 0

Compared to Last Week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
1	—	590	116.00	116.00
2	—	325	139.00	139.00
3	—	278	143.00	143.00
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
11	—	525	115.00–125.50	122.79
4	—	624	116.00–119.00	117.53
4	—	358	142.00	142.00
1	—	805	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	713	120.00–120.50	120.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	421	145.00	145.00
4	—	924	94.00	94.00
4	—	564	126.00	126.00
11	—	723	111.00	111.00
23	—	382	146.00	146.00
12	—	620	120.00–124.00	121.33
6	—	821	109.75	109.75
31	—	453	137.50–138.00	137.74
51	—	525	129.75–134.75	131.53
8	—	288	149.00–150.00	149.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	139.00	139.00
6	—	454	148.50	148.50
3	—	623	129.00	129.00
2	—	255	163.00	163.00
1	—	745	124.00	124.00
1	—	410	147.00	147.00
1	—	200	172.50	172.50
1	—	590	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	180.00	180.00
1	—	320	180.00	180.00
18	—	479	155.00	155.00
16	—	537	150.50–151.00	150.66
9	—	737	126.00–129.00	127.69
1	—	245	191.00	191.00
7	—	417	155.00–162.00	159.03
4	—	804	123.00	123.00
3	—	678	129.00	129.00
3	—	387	177.00	177.00
12	—	624	136.00–139.00	138.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	365	163.00–177.00	173.31
13	—	619	126.00–130.50	129.79
8	—	724	117.00	117.00
4	—	305	185.00	185.00
3	—	825	108.00	108.00
3	—	653	120.00	120.00
25	—	551	143.25	143.25
19	—	435	155.00–157.00	156.35
18	—	491	143.00–149.75	148.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	397	148.00	148.00
4	—	531	135.00	135.00
3	—	348	147.00	147.00
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
1	—	575	126.00	126.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,247	590.00–800.00	719.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,360	520.00–820.00	759.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,364	675.00–1,100.00	969.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,128.85
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,250	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,692	79.00–87.00	82.64
2	—	1,380	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,275	69.50	69.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,204	47.00–54.50	50.29
1	—	1,350	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	53.00–59.50	55.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,373	57.00–64.00	60.59

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle