Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2021-08-12

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 12
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
506 head
240 vs last sale 746 120 vs year ago 626 · 19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
62 vs last sale 112 10 vs year ago 60 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
52 vs last sale 76 8 vs year ago 32 · 25.0%
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 traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.46/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 64.54 against this barn's trailing median of $211.00.
Average price
$146.46
162 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542149.00807136
Medium and Large 2-3525133.1869926
One grade step is worth $15.81/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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

27 sales
241219196174median 211.0012/1802/2604/2306/1108/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $227.14, low $187.85, median $211.00 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale162 hd
146.46
KY average25 barns · 1,964 hd
136.90
+9.56
This barn, trailing median27 sales
211.00
−64.54
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
BullsLow1,76893.541,65412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37572.389953thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42269.619909thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20863.0076116

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added840116.00/cwt116.00–116.009742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670143.82/cwt143.50–144.0096411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698116.00/cwt116.00–116.008104
BullsMedium and Large 2-3735119.00/cwt119.00–119.008751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370159.00/cwt159.00–159.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553140.07/cwt137.00–140.2577518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635131.22/cwt130.00–132.0083313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616142.00/cwt142.00–142.0087527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325146.00/cwt146.00–146.004752
BullsMedium and Large 1-2549145.50/cwt145.50–145.5079929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486165.00/cwt165.00–165.008029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,2001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562158.75/cwt158.75–158.7589210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376155.17/cwt153.00–156.0058314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2721128.00/cwt128.00–128.0092317
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369181.30/cwt175.00–182.0066910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added678138.50/cwt138.50–138.5093910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added749133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,0027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added795148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,18359
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added848137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,10062.50/cwt62.50–62.506881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46270.50/cwt67.00–74.501,0318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37572.38/cwt71.00–73.009953
Bulls1,57086.23/cwt85.50–87.001,3543
Bulls1,735103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,7961
Bulls1,84695.04/cwt92.00–98.001,7548
SteersMedium and Large 2-3225157.50/cwt157.50–157.503541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315162.50/cwt162.50–162.505121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,190836.72/cwt750.00–910.009,9572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,226956.57/cwt900.00–1,025.0011,7284
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210826.15/cwt750.00–885.009,9962
BullsMedium and Large 2-3621126.38/cwt110.00–130.507856
BullsMedium and Large 2-3519129.97/cwt126.00–136.006755
CowsLean 85-90%1,18158.56/cwt56.00–61.506925
CowsLean 85-90%1,22065.02/cwt62.00–69.0079311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485140.92/cwt140.00–144.0068333
BullsMedium and Large 1-2487150.66/cwt150.50–152.0073426
SteersMedium and Large 2-3652123.02/cwt119.00–131.008023
SteersMedium and Large 2-3508141.00/cwt141.00–141.007162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322181.00/cwt181.00–181.005835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2809114.00/cwt114.00–114.009224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2264189.00/cwt189.00–189.004996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2751140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0514
BullsMedium and Large 2-3463135.77/cwt128.00–145.506298
BullsMedium and Large 2-3551132.00/cwt131.00–133.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3531126.91/cwt120.00–134.506749
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3608120.00/cwt120.00–120.007302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642150.52/cwt149.75–152.5096625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426163.50/cwt163.50–163.5069718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703112.00/cwt112.00–112.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365131.11/cwt123.00–139.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3419127.68/cwt127.00–129.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added649142.50/cwt142.50–142.509258

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.