Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.21/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$138.21

173 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$11.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.08

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	529	139.91	741	147
Medium and Large 2-3	479	128.60	616	26

One grade step is worth $11.32/cwt here — about $124 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 sale173 hd

138.21

—

KY average27 barns · 3,328 hd

138.29

−0.08

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	1,599	91.34	1,461	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	71.44	909	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	70.45	1,038	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	62.91	699	9thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	208	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	541	129.75/cwt	129.00–130.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,178	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	449	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	155.67/cwt	155.00–157.00	901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	342	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	139.46/cwt	135.50–140.00	957	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	515	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	422	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	373	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	149.69/cwt	141.00–161.00	472	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	174.62/cwt	171.00–177.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	123.62/cwt	122.00–124.00	853	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	173.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	647	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	64.15/cwt	62.00–66.00	718	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	70.45/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,038	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	71.44/cwt	69.00–73.00	909	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	58.57/cwt	58.00–59.00	634	2
Bulls	—	—	1,527	88.25/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,348	9
Bulls	—	—	1,707	95.98/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,638	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	878.78/cwt	800.00–950.00	10,457	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,760	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,139.11/cwt	1,050.00–1,235.00	12,416	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	10,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	6,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	136.51/cwt	130.00–137.50	865	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	602	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	124.72/cwt	118.00–131.00	710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	821	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	715	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	763	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	126.36/cwt	120.00–135.00	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	694	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	558	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	139.00/cwt	137.00–141.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	269	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	139.97/cwt	136.00–140.25	792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	147.85/cwt	144.50–149.00	637	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	121.35/cwt	117.50–124.00	885	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	145.61/cwt	145.00–146.00	393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	777	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	551	6

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 501Last week 644Year ago 511

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 96Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 53Year ago 37

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	208	159.00	159.00
10	—	629	132.00	132.00
3	—	322	145.00	145.00
4	—	665	122.50	122.50
17	—	487	142.50	142.50
12	—	365	153.00	153.00
4	—	802	115.00	115.00
30	—	566	136.00–140.25	139.97
27	—	431	144.50–149.00	147.85
19	—	729	117.50–124.00	121.35
5	—	270	145.00–146.00	145.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	541	129.00–130.00	129.75
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
2	—	650	126.00	126.00
3	—	555	132.50	132.50
2	—	370	137.00–141.00	139.00
4	—	269	133.00	133.00
4	—	623	124.50	124.50
6	—	452	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	151.50	151.50
2	—	820	121.50	121.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	132.00	132.00
1	—	260	157.00	157.00
5	—	449	148.00	148.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
2	—	342	145.00	145.00
2	—	568	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	771	152.75	152.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	714	137.50	137.50
3	—	288	168.00	168.00
5	—	461	166.00	166.00
5	—	398	175.00	175.00
4	—	549	157.00	157.00
8	—	623	147.50	147.50
6	—	579	155.00–157.00	155.67
2	—	838	110.00	110.00
2	—	763	138.00	138.00
3	—	210	162.00	162.00
16	—	686	135.50–140.00	139.46
3	—	310	166.00	166.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	88.50	88.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	315	141.00–161.00	149.69
1	—	495	137.00	137.00
4	—	602	119.00	119.00
4	—	569	118.00–131.00	124.72
2	—	430	140.00	140.00
5	—	517	120.00–135.00	126.36
2	—	350	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	104.00	104.00
1	—	905	105.00	105.00
8	—	319	171.00–177.00	174.62
10	—	690	122.00–124.00	123.62
10	—	373	170.00–175.00	173.44
15	—	634	130.00–137.50	136.51
23	—	553	148.50	148.50
17	—	436	164.00	164.00
16	—	499	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,119	62.00–66.00	64.15
2	—	1,083	58.00–59.00	58.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	68.00–73.00	70.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,273	69.00–73.00	71.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,527	82.00–92.00	88.25
6	—	1,707	94.00–98.00	95.98

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	800.00–950.00	878.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	580.00	580.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,090	1,050.00–1,235.00	1,139.11

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

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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

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Replacement Cattle