Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 8.00 higher with strong bidder participation. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.52/cwt on 240 head.

Average price

$122.52

240 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$12.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

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	567	122.92	697	223
Medium and Large 2-3	485	117.66	571	16thin
Small and Medium 1-2	315	110.00	347	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.92/cwt here — about $351 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 sale240 hd

122.52

—

KY average27 barns · 5,384 hd

120.64

+1.88

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	1,816	76.16	1,383	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	50.30	738	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	48.24	662	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,252	44.20	554	19

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	40.75/cwt	37.00–44.50	462	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	46.22/cwt	43.50–51.00	611	12
Bulls	—	—	2,048	83.23/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,705	4
Bulls	—	—	1,661	71.44/cwt	68.00–74.50	1,187	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	48.24/cwt	45.00–50.00	662	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	49.62/cwt	45.50–55.00	732	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	12,863	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	16,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	697	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	772	7
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	687.50/cwt	575.00–725.00	5,500	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	742	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	153.62/cwt	151.00–161.00	551	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	18,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	124.93/cwt	122.50–128.50	908	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	135.47/cwt	133.00–139.50	830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	141.75/cwt	140.00–143.75	771	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	554	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	155.55/cwt	152.25–158.50	737	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	487	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	791	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	706	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	655	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	125.42/cwt	108.00–140.00	1,499	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	1,143.63/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	12,042	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	1,224.38/cwt	925.00–1,300.00	16,431	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	1,359.92/cwt	1,275.00–1,425.00	17,584	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	127.17/cwt	127.00–128.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	137.95/cwt	134.00–139.75	749	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	115.01/cwt	112.00–118.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	763	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	138.78/cwt	137.50–140.00	319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	844	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	114.68/cwt	110.00–117.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	157.30/cwt	151.00–159.50	687	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	128.95/cwt	127.00–129.25	632	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	108.52/cwt	107.75–111.00	743	12

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 542Last week 835Year ago 410

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 125Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 107Last week 60Year ago 46

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 8.00 higher with strong bidder participation. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,133	37.00–44.50	40.75
12	—	1,322	43.50–51.00	46.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,373	45.00–50.00	48.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,476	45.50–55.00	49.62
1	—	1,300	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,048	80.00–87.50	83.23
6	—	1,661	68.00–74.50	71.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,050	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,342	925.00–1,300.00	1,224.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,293	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,359.92
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	800	575.00–725.00	687.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,053	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,143.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	950.00	950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,365	1,375.00	1,375.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,195	108.00–140.00	125.42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	697	110.75	110.75
13	—	564	131.50	131.50
15	—	614	124.50	124.50
10	—	473	138.50	138.50
10	—	720	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	624	112.50	112.50
23	—	433	128.00	128.00
7	—	358	136.00	136.00
30	—	556	127.00	127.00
19	—	716	106.50	106.50
10	—	546	122.75	122.75
7	—	812	104.00	104.00
6	—	300	145.00	145.00
4	—	751	108.50	108.50
37	—	490	127.00–129.25	128.95
12	—	685	107.75–111.00	108.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	116.00	116.00
1	—	235	137.50	137.50
2	—	538	112.00–118.00	115.01
4	—	628	104.00	104.00
6	—	462	122.50	122.50
1	—	340	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	618	120.00	120.00
4	—	359	151.00–161.00	153.62
1	—	675	112.00	112.00
2	—	863	95.00	95.00
7	—	719	110.00	110.00
21	—	490	152.00	152.00
25	—	543	134.00–139.75	137.95
4	—	323	169.00	169.00
6	—	813	102.50	102.50
35	—	437	151.00–159.50	157.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	146.00	146.00
1	—	330	148.00	148.00
3	—	450	132.00	132.00
3	—	633	110.00–117.00	114.68
3	—	425	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	125.50	125.50
3	—	298	165.00	165.00
16	—	727	122.50–128.50	124.93
21	—	613	133.00–139.50	135.47
32	—	544	140.00–143.75	141.75
3	—	433	154.00	154.00
3	—	802	118.50	118.50
13	—	474	152.25–158.50	155.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	126.00	126.00
2	—	525	128.50	128.50
6	—	557	127.00–128.00	127.17
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
1	—	440	144.00	144.00
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
2	—	230	137.50–140.00	138.78
1	—	640	120.00	120.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle