Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Feeder buyers reacted to the current futures market decline with very moderate demand especially on the plain, unweaned calves. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls were 5.00-7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.87/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$203.87

341 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$50.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.69

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	527	218.15	1,150	236
Medium and Large 2	622	178.55	1,110	41
Medium and Large 2-3	563	167.44	943	64

One grade step is worth $50.71/cwt here — about $207 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 sale341 hd

203.87

—

KY average26 barns · 7,156 hd

202.19

+1.69

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	1,595	113.31	1,807	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	92.17	1,356	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	89.59	1,119	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,037	77.99	809	37

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,180	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$1,177	16
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,415	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,097	$986	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,178	$933	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,005	$775	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	863	$1,038	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,575	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,037	$1,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$1,138	2thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	1,007	135.48/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,341	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,571	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	158.70/cwt	157.50–159.00	1,170	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,181	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	873	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	253.27/cwt	245.00–265.00	702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,237	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	248	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	193.04/cwt	186.00–198.75	1,382	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	860	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	228.57/cwt	212.00–233.00	1,088	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	163.25/cwt	150.00–182.50	792	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,019	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	947	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	157.03/cwt	148.00–167.00	970	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	219.38/cwt	200.00–230.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	964	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,403	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	205.62/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,470	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,279	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	814	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,091	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,214	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	86.67/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,237	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	95.41/cwt	90.00–107.00	1,161	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	86.06/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,095	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	74.71/cwt	69.00–78.00	982	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	66.47/cwt	60.00–69.00	616	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	74.61/cwt	70.00–79.00	788	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,036	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	95.59/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,430	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	92.66/cwt	92.00–94.00	917	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	83.13/cwt	80.00–89.00	901	15
Bulls	—	—	1,393	107.27/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,494	3
Bulls	—	—	1,681	115.90/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,948	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,050	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,050.65/head	900.00–1,200.00	1,051	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,292.40/head	925.00–1,450.00	1,292	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,014	1,251.94/head	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,252	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	965	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,005	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,065	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,009.29/head	875.00–1,100.00	1,009	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,048	817.72/head	725.00–900.00	818	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	975	1,131.13/head	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,131	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	170.28/cwt	161.00–180.00	802	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,034	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	228.47/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,277	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	287	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	230.65/cwt	225.00–232.50	890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	198.18/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,100	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	216.14/cwt	211.00–220.00	955	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	875	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	241.44/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,181	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	206.97/cwt	206.00–207.50	1,300	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	162.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	843	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,307	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,020	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	960	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,080	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	935	819.92/head	775.00–875.00	820	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	910	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	725	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	880	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,107	1,012.73/head	850.00–1,175.00	1,013	3

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 Nov 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 692Last week 622Year ago 814

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 145Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 48Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,007	130.00–142.50	135.48
10	—	737	157.50–159.00	158.70
4	—	390	207.50	207.50
6	—	617	188.50	188.50
3	—	873	142.00	142.00
2	—	765	158.00	158.00
3	—	248	225.00	225.00
5	—	424	204.00	204.00
3	—	268	200.00–230.00	219.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	552	214.00	214.00
3	—	243	257.50	257.50
13	—	277	245.00–265.00	253.27
45	—	617	200.50	200.50
22	—	716	186.00–198.75	193.04
5	—	670	196.00	196.00
8	—	366	235.00	235.00
55	—	476	212.00–233.00	228.57
2	—	312	257.50	257.50
21	—	440	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	160.00	160.00
17	—	538	176.00	176.00
27	—	618	148.00–167.00	157.03
10	—	564	171.00	171.00
3	—	363	197.50	197.50
6	—	471	161.00–180.00	170.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	552	243.00	243.00
20	—	814	193.00	193.00
6	—	1,079	164.00	164.00
3	—	325	237.50	237.50
11	—	618	227.00	227.00
2	—	858	185.00	185.00
3	—	362	250.00	250.00
1	—	1,175	162.50	162.50
8	—	453	249.00	249.00
4	—	759	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	211.00	211.00
4	—	551	207.00	207.00
2	—	678	195.00	195.00
1	—	825	180.00	180.00
2	—	785	195.00	195.00
1	—	395	225.00	225.00
9	—	715	201.00–208.00	205.62
3	—	445	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	485	150.00–182.50	163.25
13	—	641	159.00	159.00
1	—	670	175.00	175.00
1	—	420	180.00	180.00
1	—	725	167.50	167.50
2	—	510	160.00–165.00	162.55
3	—	843	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	703	182.00	182.00
5	—	307	265.00	265.00
11	—	417	248.00	248.00
19	—	559	210.00–231.00	228.47
3	—	837	166.00	166.00
7	—	357	245.00	245.00
27	—	489	225.00–246.00	241.44
36	—	628	206.00–207.50	206.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	205.00	205.00
3	—	287	225.00	225.00
4	—	386	225.00–232.50	230.65
7	—	555	190.00–201.00	198.18
7	—	442	211.00–220.00	216.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,427	82.00–89.00	86.67
1	—	1,400	74.00	74.00
31	—	1,496	90.00–112.00	95.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,217	90.00–107.00	95.41
17	—	1,272	81.00–89.00	86.06
3	—	1,315	69.00–78.00	74.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	60.00–69.00	66.47
12	—	1,056	70.00–79.00	74.61
3	—	990	92.00–94.00	92.66
15	—	1,084	80.00–89.00	83.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,393	102.00–110.00	107.27
7	—	1,681	111.00–119.00	115.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	960	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,020	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,155	900.00–1,200.00	1,050.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,280	925.00–1,450.00	1,292.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,265	875.00–1,100.00	1,009.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,014	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,251.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	725.00–900.00	817.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	975	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,131.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,107	850.00–1,175.00	1,012.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	935	775.00–875.00	819.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	725	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,275.00	1,275.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	900.00	900.00

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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