Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.94/cwt on 211 head.

Average price

$118.94

211 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$5.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

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	522	119.73	626	181
Medium and Large 2-3	494	114.12	564	30

One grade step is worth $5.62/cwt here — about $61 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 sale211 hd

118.94

—

KY average26 barns · 4,415 hd

117.77

+1.16

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	1,529	76.80	1,175	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,454	54.90	798	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,497	53.76	805	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,262	48.38	611	20

Every lot, as filed

64 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	—	—	1,442	73.10/cwt	70.00–76.50	1,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	775	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	612	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	798	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	113.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	351	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	17,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	655	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	590	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	128.31/cwt	125.00–130.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	116.19/cwt	114.00–117.00	641	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	599	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	836.71/cwt	760.00–910.00	10,392	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	118.19/cwt	114.50–119.25	752	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	118.89/cwt	117.00–119.00	874	18
Bred Heifers	Small 3	—	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	778	18
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	15,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	789.87/cwt	700.00–850.00	10,031	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	942.06/cwt	900.00–975.00	10,080	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	896	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,454	54.90/cwt	52.50–57.00	798	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	48.38/cwt	45.00–54.50	611	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	128.00/cwt	126.00–129.00	675	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	53.56/cwt	50.00–57.00	801	21
Bulls	—	—	1,733	85.45/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	827	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	113.97/cwt	112.00–118.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	452	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	107.75/cwt	100.00–115.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	115.69/cwt	110.00–119.00	544	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	111.57/cwt	111.50–112.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	619	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	472	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	676	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	146.94/cwt	140.00–149.00	547	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	126.94/cwt	110.00–131.00	590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	535	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	112.16/cwt	111.75–115.00	700	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	687	35

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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 746Year ago 349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 108Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 33Year ago 44

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,442	70.00–76.50	73.10
3	—	1,733	84.00–87.00	85.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	58.00	58.00
21	—	1,495	50.00–57.00	53.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,454	52.50–57.00	54.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,262	45.00–54.50	48.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	145.00	145.00
2	—	715	113.50	113.50
3	—	527	126.00–129.00	128.00
1	—	435	136.00	136.00
3	—	630	112.00–118.00	113.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	160.50	160.50
14	—	631	126.50	126.50
21	—	546	135.00	135.00
15	—	466	140.50	140.50
2	—	223	154.00	154.00
3	—	583	125.00–130.00	128.31
18	—	735	117.00–119.00	118.89
1	—	295	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	117.50	117.50
5	—	571	110.00–120.00	113.89
1	—	740	98.00	98.00
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
3	—	695	99.00	99.00
2	—	518	100.00–115.00	107.75
7	—	372	140.00–149.00	146.94
9	—	465	110.00–131.00	126.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	435	140.00–145.00	140.62
12	—	369	160.00	160.00
4	—	535	122.00	122.00
27	—	636	114.50–119.25	118.19
18	—	717	108.50	108.50
3	—	792	94.50	94.50
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
23	—	495	136.50	136.50
35	—	556	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	677	114.50	114.50
3	—	792	104.00	104.00
3	—	258	136.00	136.00
37	—	552	114.00–117.00	116.19
29	—	496	120.75	120.75
16	—	345	131.00	131.00
9	—	503	123.00	123.00
8	—	362	130.00–131.00	130.51
27	—	429	124.75	124.75
24	—	624	111.75–115.00	112.16
1	—	860	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	109.00	109.00
2	—	430	118.00	118.00
2	—	290	125.00	125.00
1	—	645	109.00	109.00
2	—	305	124.00	124.00
2	—	700	100.00	100.00
11	—	470	110.00–119.00	115.69
7	—	565	111.50–112.00	111.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,242	760.00–910.00	836.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,270	700.00–850.00	789.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	900.00–975.00	942.06
Bred Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	625	400.00	400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	825.00	825.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle