Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00-3.00 higher with strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.24/cwt on 223 head.

Average price

$140.24

223 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$12.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.18

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	530	141.15	748	207
Medium and Large 2-3	454	128.51	584	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.64/cwt here — about $164 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 sale223 hd

140.24

—

KY average24 barns · 4,502 hd

140.42

−0.18

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	1,797	96.30	1,731	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	73.32	986	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	72.99	1,094	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,222	64.85	792	31

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2	—	865	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	728	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	141.74/cwt	141.00–142.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	129.79/cwt	127.00–134.00	337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	134.85/cwt	122.00–141.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	157.54/cwt	157.00–159.25	874	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	123.32/cwt	119.00–128.50	897	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	595	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	225	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	783	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	135.97/cwt	134.00–137.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	141.31/cwt	139.00–144.00	961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	152.25/cwt	151.00–154.25	958	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	175.01/cwt	173.00–177.00	487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	139.78/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,058	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	155.31/cwt	147.00–157.75	755	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	173.01/cwt	166.00–177.00	628	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	724	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	165.68/cwt	165.00–166.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	815	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	66.38/cwt	62.50–69.50	812	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,155	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,073	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	73.32/cwt	69.00–76.50	986	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	59.03/cwt	56.50–60.50	701	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	70.13/cwt	69.00–72.50	893	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	73.11/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,090	17
Bulls	—	—	1,824	97.31/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,775	8
Bulls	—	—	1,690	92.24/cwt	92.00–92.50	1,559	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	11,393	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	1,172.71/cwt	1,150.00–1,185.00	13,861	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,225.23/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	16,394	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	672.38/cwt	670.00–675.00	6,724	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,289	1,121.33/cwt	850.00–1,275.00	14,454	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	983.87/cwt	810.00–1,160.00	11,393	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 3	—	650	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	136.47/cwt	130.00–146.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	126.78/cwt	116.00–131.50	809	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	150.38/cwt	150.00–151.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	918	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	140.93/cwt	135.00–141.50	785	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	130.68/cwt	129.00–133.00	830	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	143.54/cwt	138.00–144.50	899	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	141.08/cwt	139.00–141.50	745	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	148.57/cwt	145.00–150.00	652	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	143.13/cwt	140.00–143.50	704	27

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 Aug 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 644Last week 506Year ago 724

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 50Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 24Year ago 113

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00-3.00 higher with strong demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	112.00	112.00
10	—	543	134.00	134.00
13	—	727	119.00–128.50	123.32
13	—	363	164.00	164.00
4	—	310	155.00	155.00
54	—	557	135.00–141.50	140.93
31	—	635	129.00–133.00	130.68
4	—	760	114.00	114.00
50	—	439	145.00–150.00	148.57
27	—	492	140.00–143.50	143.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	141.00–142.00	141.74
4	—	260	127.00–134.00	129.79
3	—	503	121.00	121.00
3	—	615	125.00	125.00
2	—	690	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	171.00	171.00
41	—	555	157.00–159.25	157.54
16	—	466	168.00	168.00
12	—	680	139.00–144.00	141.31
39	—	629	151.00–154.25	152.25
6	—	278	173.00–177.00	175.01
17	—	757	134.00–141.00	139.78
5	—	533	152.00	152.00
3	—	843	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	122.00–141.00	134.85
2	—	463	152.00	152.00
1	—	225	152.50	152.50
6	—	642	135.50	135.50
4	—	580	151.50	151.50
3	—	658	134.00–137.00	135.97
3	—	438	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	486	147.00–157.75	155.31
4	—	681	130.00	130.00
16	—	363	166.00–177.00	173.01
27	—	431	168.00	168.00
3	—	312	165.00–166.00	165.68
25	—	558	146.00	146.00
14	—	709	129.50	129.50
4	—	840	113.00	113.00
27	—	626	138.00–144.50	143.54
12	—	528	139.00–141.50	141.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	130.00–146.00	136.47
10	—	638	116.00–131.50	126.78
5	—	427	150.00–151.00	150.38
2	—	395	152.00	152.00
2	—	532	128.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,224	62.50–69.50	66.38
9	—	1,188	56.50–60.50	59.03
5	—	1,274	69.00–72.50	70.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,375	78.00	78.00
17	—	1,491	70.00–77.00	73.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,345	69.00–76.50	73.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,824	93.00–102.00	97.31
2	—	1,690	92.00–92.50	92.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,085.00	1,085.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,182	1,150.00–1,185.00	1,172.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	670.00–675.00	672.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,289	850.00–1,275.00	1,121.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,158	810.00–1,160.00	983.87

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