Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Buyers showed strong preference for the fancy and value-added groups. Slaughter cows traded 1.00-3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.89/cwt on 349 head.

Average price

$194.89

349 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$24.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.73

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	521	195.75	1,021	337
Medium and Large 2-3	514	170.79	878	12thin

One grade step is worth $24.96/cwt here — about $143 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 sale349 hd

194.89

—

KY average24 barns · 7,067 hd

188.16

+6.73

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	1,666	109.82	1,829	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	88.95	1,282	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	86.21	1,041	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	71.96	715	30

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$1,514	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,325	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,317	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$1,225	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,125	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,225	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	983	$1,162	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,106	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,425	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,050	$1,875	3thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,475	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	267	253.51/cwt	250.00–265.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	345	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	364	256.38/cwt	247.00–260.00	933	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	184.94/cwt	184.75–186.00	999	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,116	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	160.30/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,146	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	178.14/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,010	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,033	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	171.40/cwt	161.50–174.75	1,085	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	880	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	256	211.15/cwt	205.00–215.00	541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	314	225.14/cwt	222.50–226.00	707	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	371	222.49/cwt	216.00–228.00	825	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	888	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	494	211.63/cwt	200.00–215.25	1,045	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	158.17/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,449	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	197.98/cwt	195.00–201.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,037	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	188.40/cwt	183.00–194.00	1,068	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	193.64/cwt	181.00–196.00	1,204	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,165	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	837	140.81/cwt	130.00–152.50	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	191.66/cwt	190.00–195.00	899	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	255	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	606	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	86.99/cwt	83.00–91.00	921	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	86.39/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,247	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	81.02/cwt	76.00–86.00	975	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	51.17/cwt	45.00–55.00	433	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	66.54/cwt	61.00–70.00	650	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	75.75/cwt	74.00–79.00	776	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	94.26/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,353	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	834	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	92.40/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,116	14
Bulls	—	—	1,712	107.13/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,834	5
Bulls	—	—	1,398	95.75/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,339	2
Bulls	—	—	1,727	118.13/cwt	113.00–126.00	2,040	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,199.07/head	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,199	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,316.67/head	1,150.00–1,475.00	1,317	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,514.39/head	1,375.00–1,550.00	1,514	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,058	938.71/head	925.00–950.00	939	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2Fancy	—	995	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2Fancy	—	980	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	903	751.73/head	725.00–775.00	752	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	805	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	1,435.69/head	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,436	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	1,421.78/head	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,422	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	960	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,050	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	148.75/cwt	147.50–150.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	323	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	824	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	257.36/cwt	245.00–261.00	963	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	192.73/cwt	180.00–196.50	1,054	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	179.89/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,293	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	188.49/cwt	186.00–189.00	1,154	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	488	212.43/cwt	205.00–214.50	1,037	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	980	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,395	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	143.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,173	15

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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 767Last week 663Year ago 816

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 71Year ago 175

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 27Year ago 56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	267	250.00–265.00	253.51
3	—	345	234.00	234.00
15	—	364	247.00–260.00	256.38
24	—	465	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	145.00	145.00
1	—	760	157.50	157.50
1	—	685	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	916	158.00–159.00	158.17
2	—	418	195.00–201.00	197.98
1	—	220	215.00	215.00
3	—	707	181.00	181.00
6	—	483	202.00	202.00
6	—	567	183.00–194.00	188.40
19	—	622	181.00–196.00	193.64
2	—	283	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	212.00	212.00
10	—	538	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	540	184.75–186.00	184.94
6	—	783	142.50	142.50
3	—	373	192.00	192.00
19	—	715	158.00–163.00	160.30
24	—	567	177.00–179.00	178.14
3	—	905	134.00	134.00
31	—	633	161.50–174.75	171.40
5	—	461	183.00	183.00
10	—	446	199.00	199.00
15	—	815	140.00–146.00	143.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	177.50	177.50
6	—	615	168.00	168.00
1	—	220	180.00	180.00
4	—	463	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	425	207.00	207.00
9	—	256	205.00–215.00	211.15
12	—	314	222.50–226.00	225.14
27	—	371	216.00–228.00	222.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	494	200.00–215.25	211.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	154.00	154.00
1	—	700	157.50	157.50
3	—	837	130.00–152.50	140.81
1	—	595	181.00	181.00
2	—	673	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	187.00	187.00
6	—	469	190.00–195.00	191.66
4	—	1,101	126.00	126.00
2	—	878	147.50–150.00	148.75
27	—	547	180.00–196.50	192.73
12	—	719	165.00–182.50	179.89
1	—	225	215.00	215.00
23	—	612	186.00–189.00	188.49
5	—	816	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	255	237.50	237.50
13	—	323	255.00	255.00
33	—	374	245.00–261.00	257.36
44	—	488	205.00–214.50	212.43
19	—	428	229.00	229.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,059	83.00–91.00	86.99
4	—	846	45.00–55.00	51.17
9	—	977	61.00–70.00	66.54
11	—	1,025	74.00–79.00	75.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,444	81.00–90.00	86.39
14	—	1,435	91.00–98.00	94.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,203	76.00–86.00	81.02
1	—	1,245	67.00	67.00
14	—	1,208	89.00–98.00	92.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,712	101.00–110.00	107.13
2	—	1,398	93.00–99.00	95.75
5	—	1,727	113.00–126.00	118.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,199.07
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,037	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,435.69
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	903	725.00–775.00	751.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	805	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	1,150.00–1,475.00	1,316.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,155	1,375.00–1,550.00	1,514.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,229	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,421.78
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,058	925.00–950.00	938.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	1,025.00	1,025.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	1,875.00	1,875.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,425.00	1,425.00

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 this sale compares

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