Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers and bull calves sold unevenly steady. Feeder quality and buyer's interest was lower today when compared to last week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.60/cwt on 231 head.

Average price

$201.60

231 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$46.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.55

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	514	205.82	1,058	210
Large 1-2	664	160.00	1,062	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	557	159.06	885	13thin

One grade step is worth $46.76/cwt here — about $173 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 sale231 hd

201.60

—

KY average23 barns · 6,022 hd

201.05

+0.55

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	—	High	1,656	116.03	1,921	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	98.03	1,429	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	91.17	1,082	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	82.12	827	46

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,380	$1,310	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,216	$1,235	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,135	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,062	$1,045	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	902	$1,025	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	700	$1,075	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	765	$725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,725	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	867	$1,494	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	860	$1,315	5

Every lot, as filed

101 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 2-3	—	705	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	984	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	288	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,468	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	422	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	183.67/cwt	181.00–189.00	1,174	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,202	22
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	608	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	793	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	183.87/cwt	180.00–187.50	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	142.42/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,306	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	374	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	853	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	219.18/cwt	213.00–223.00	949	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	204.72/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,099	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	554	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	488	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,035	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	220.28/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,399	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	197.03/cwt	193.00–198.50	1,505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,228	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,101	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	719	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,146	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	237.81/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,287	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	183.67/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,350	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	525	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	187.51/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	199.70/cwt	195.00–202.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	216.90/cwt	216.90–216.90	1,531	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	545	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,191	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,018	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	487	220.56/cwt	219.00–220.75	1,074	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	620	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,277	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	84.57/cwt	80.00–89.00	873	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	96.48/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,150	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	58.75/cwt	50.00–63.00	522	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	77.19/cwt	74.00–79.00	750	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,005	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	87.48/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,188	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	83.94/cwt	79.00–88.00	990	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	93.75/cwt	92.00–95.00	953	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	99.43/cwt	92.00–107.50	1,462	45
Bulls	—	—	1,970	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,502	1
Bulls	—	—	1,808	118.84/cwt	115.00–124.00	2,149	5
Bulls	—	—	1,297	107.69/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,397	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,134.94/head	1,050.00–1,210.00	1,135	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	770	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	765	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	700	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	1,264.80/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,265	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	1,315.29/head	1,060.00–1,400.00	1,315	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	993.13/head	875.00–1,100.00	993	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	875	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	220.12/cwt	219.00–222.00	810	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	755	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	191.00/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,182	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,330	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	154.80/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,274	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	233.93/cwt	230.00–242.50	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	163.62/cwt	162.50–164.00	1,211	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	239.68/cwt	230.00–242.00	918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,100	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	379	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,004	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	203.75/cwt	200.00–207.50	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	204.52/cwt	195.00–210.00	953	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	810	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	800	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	775	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	1,650.00/head	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,650	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	970	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,005	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1

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 May 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 673Last week 710Year ago 437

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 190Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 47Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	152.00	152.00
3	—	390	191.00	191.00
1	—	625	167.00	167.00
2	—	793	118.00	118.00
2	—	310	180.00–187.50	183.87
2	—	460	171.00	171.00
2	—	805	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	197.50	197.50
9	—	639	181.00–189.00	183.67
4	—	218	235.00	235.00
1	—	850	142.00	142.00
2	—	310	232.50	232.50
2	—	710	176.00	176.00
7	—	917	142.00–143.00	142.42
1	—	1,050	139.00	139.00
6	—	698	176.00	176.00
8	—	368	219.00–222.00	220.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	626	192.00	192.00
49	—	537	200.00–208.00	204.72
4	—	554	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	160.00	160.00
4	—	719	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	374	228.00	228.00
35	—	433	213.00–223.00	219.18
32	—	488	212.00	212.00
3	—	318	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	164.00	164.00
1	—	325	221.00	221.00
1	—	980	135.00	135.00
14	—	619	190.00–192.00	191.00
7	—	711	187.00	187.00
4	—	823	145.00–158.00	154.80
3	—	265	230.00–242.50	233.93
1	—	1,050	137.00	137.00
5	—	383	230.00–242.00	239.68
7	—	543	202.50	202.50
2	—	430	200.00–207.50	203.75
11	—	466	195.00–210.00	204.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	288	267.00	267.00
18	—	545	218.50	218.50
1	—	560	216.00	216.00
11	—	425	239.50	239.50
44	—	487	219.00–220.75	220.56
23	—	620	206.00	206.00
15	—	379	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	165.00	165.00
1	—	875	127.50	127.50
4	—	740	162.50–164.00	163.62
1	—	810	142.50	142.50
1	—	900	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	363	271.00	271.00
3	—	422	242.00	242.00
16	—	453	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	161.00	161.00
3	—	537	205.00	205.00
3	—	735	183.00–185.00	183.67
3	—	602	198.00	198.00
5	—	782	185.00–190.00	187.51
2	—	698	194.00	194.00
3	—	467	195.00–202.00	199.70
1	—	1,035	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	657	223.50	223.50
27	—	635	220.00–227.50	220.28
6	—	764	193.00–198.50	197.03
21	—	541	237.00–238.00	237.81
74	—	706	216.90	216.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	165.00	165.00
1	—	895	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	188.00	188.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,032	80.00–89.00	84.57
3	—	888	50.00–63.00	58.75
11	—	972	74.00–79.00	77.19
5	—	1,016	92.00–95.00	93.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,192	90.00–108.00	96.48
11	—	1,180	79.00–88.00	83.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	77.00	77.00
4	—	1,358	86.00–89.00	87.48
45	—	1,470	92.00–107.50	99.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	127.00	127.00
5	—	1,808	115.00–124.00	118.84
3	—	1,297	105.00–110.00	107.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	875.00–1,100.00	993.13
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,310.00	1,310.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,050.00–1,210.00	1,134.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,193	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,264.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,288	1,060.00–1,400.00	1,315.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	700	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	875	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	950	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	810	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	775	1,275.00	1,275.00

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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