Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to board trends and muddy conditions feeder cattle traded steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-5.00 higher with very strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.39/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$120.39

112 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.15

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	583	120.59	703	98
Medium and Large 2-3	489	118.95	581	14thin

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about $122 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 sale112 hd

120.39

—

KY average28 barns · 5,379 hd

130.53

−10.15

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	—	Low	1,964	86.99	1,708	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	66.55	1,078	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	66.32	919	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,216	59.32	721	20

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	781	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	777	4
Bulls	—	—	1,205	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,427	1,387.97/cwt	1,075.00–1,650.00	19,806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	116.38/cwt	115.50–117.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.17/cwt	151.00–155.00	735	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	620	5
Bulls	—	—	2,090	89.40/cwt	85.50–93.50	1,868	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,675.00/cwt	1,675.00–1,675.00	22,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	150.76/cwt	144.00–157.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	157.84/cwt	152.50–159.50	694	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	103.38/cwt	102.00–104.50	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	136.84/cwt	136.00–137.00	591	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	133.96/cwt	133.50–138.50	504	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	111.95/cwt	108.00–114.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	133.18/cwt	132.00–136.00	649	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	116.66/cwt	115.00–118.00	735	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	292	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,216	59.32/cwt	55.00–64.50	721	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	66.32/cwt	63.50–68.50	919	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,379	920.87/cwt	900.00–950.00	12,699	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	210	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	149.86/cwt	148.00–151.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	663	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,127	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,970	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	9,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	135.94/cwt	130.50–137.50	880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	645	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	65.69/cwt	62.50–67.00	1,066	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,161.45/cwt	600.00–1,400.00	16,493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	158.57/cwt	157.00–159.00	726	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	920	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	684.86/cwt	650.00–700.00	6,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	129.30/cwt	129.00–130.00	356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	123.01/cwt	121.00–125.00	686	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	138.44/cwt	137.00–139.00	759	25

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 Feb 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 326Last week 761Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 94Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 63Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Due to board trends and muddy conditions feeder cattle traded steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-5.00 higher with very strong demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	887	88.00	88.00
4	—	706	110.00	110.00
16	—	483	151.00–155.00	152.17
5	—	354	175.00	175.00
21	—	440	152.50–159.50	157.84
6	—	637	125.00	125.00
25	—	548	137.00–139.00	138.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	115.50–117.00	116.38
1	—	555	125.00	125.00
2	—	375	144.00–157.00	150.76
2	—	543	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	840	100.00	100.00
9	—	724	102.00–104.50	103.38
3	—	305	135.00	135.00
13	—	432	136.00–137.00	136.84
11	—	376	133.50–138.50	133.96
4	—	785	107.00	107.00
13	—	487	132.00–136.00	133.18
11	—	630	115.00–118.00	116.66
4	—	940	91.00	91.00
1	—	220	132.50	132.50
17	—	558	121.00–125.00	123.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	121.50	121.50
1	—	695	98.00	98.00
1	—	345	132.00	132.00
3	—	610	108.00–114.00	111.95
1	—	755	86.00	86.00
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
3	—	275	129.00–130.00	129.30
1	—	410	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	162.50	162.50
1	—	388	157.00	157.00
3	—	532	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	148.00–151.00	149.86
5	—	298	180.00	180.00
1	—	425	156.00	156.00
9	—	647	130.50–137.50	135.94
5	—	571	144.00	144.00
2	—	373	173.00	173.00
19	—	458	157.00–159.00	158.57
5	—	888	113.00	113.00
4	—	733	125.50	125.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	72.50	72.50
6	—	2,090	85.50–93.50	89.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,216	55.00–64.50	59.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,385	63.50–68.50	66.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,623	62.50–67.00	65.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,427	1,075.00–1,650.00	1,387.97
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,379	900.00–950.00	920.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,330	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,420	600.00–1,400.00	1,161.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	908	650.00–700.00	684.86

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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Guthrie Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle