Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold steady and feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 lower. Due to severe storms and very heavy rainfall during the previous 24 hours receipts of feeder cattle were much lower which limited comparisons. The better quality calves saw good demand. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 9.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.56/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −131.16 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.

Average price

$263.56

44 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$44.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.72

vs KY average

−4.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	264.57	1,417	43
Medium and Large 2	570	220.00	1,254	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.57/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.46, low $339.50, median $394.72 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale44 hd

263.56

—

KY average27 barns · 1,284 hd

262.84

+0.72

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−4.03

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.72

−131.16

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	1,697	156.73	2,659	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	134.40	1,995	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	129.74	1,503	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	116.19	1,206	16

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)	1,223	$1,886	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,358	$1,834	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,353	$1,789	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,143	$1,637	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	973	$1,517	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$1,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,750	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$1,835	1thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	650–700	682	223.82/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,526	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	262.45/cwt	255.00–268.50	1,420	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	311.82/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,041	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	818	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	845	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,992	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	202.82/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,321	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	288.27/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	259.45/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,629	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	277.85/cwt	277.50–278.00	1,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,632	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	256.55/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,407	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,001	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	107.69/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,048	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	138.03/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,993	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	127.15/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,991	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	135.37/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,520	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	124.91/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,485	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	119.32/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,242	13
Bulls	—	—	1,658	152.35/cwt	145.00–158.00	2,526	15
Bulls	—	—	1,794	167.68/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,008	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	760	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	850	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	880	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,637.20/head	1,625.00–1,650.00	1,637	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	1,886.14/head	1,475.00–2,025.00	1,886	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	1,788.96/head	1,750.00–1,825.00	1,789	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,358	1,834.39/head	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,834	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	890	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	238.71/cwt	237.50–239.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	308.71/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,414	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	177.50/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,483	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 May 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 672Year ago 710

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 95Year ago 190

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 32Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	334	310.00–312.00	311.82
9	400–450	418	286.00–290.00	288.27
5	450–500	489	277.50	277.50
30	500–550	541	255.00–268.50	262.45
3	550–600	555	251.00	251.00
3	600–650	618	240.00	240.00
27	650–700	682	220.00–237.00	223.82
6	750–800	759	204.00	204.00
10	800–850	836	201.00–207.00	202.82
4	950–1000	965	170.00–180.00	177.50
2	1050–1100	1,055	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	460	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	570	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	630	217.50	217.50
1	650–700	690	197.50	197.50
2	800–850	818	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	514	275.00	275.00
8	600–650	643	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	551	305.00	305.00
61	800–850	845	235.75	235.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	519	277.50–278.00	277.85
1	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	710	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	355.00	355.00
6	350–400	380	347.50	347.50
8	450–500	465	329.00	329.00
7	500–550	544	300.00	300.00
9	600–650	628	255.00–263.00	259.45
1	650–700	650	267.00	267.00
5	750–800	773	233.00	233.00
4	850–900	868	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	375.00	375.00
9	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	433	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	468	305.00–312.50	308.71
2	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	558	279.00	279.00
6	600–650	608	245.00–259.00	256.55
5	650–700	687	237.50–239.00	238.71
1	1000–1050	1,000	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	277.50	277.50
2	450–500	475	265.00–285.00	275.00
4	500–550	506	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	625	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	450	222.50	222.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	104.00–111.00	107.69
1	—	1,135	92.50	92.50
13	—	1,041	114.00–125.00	119.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,444	135.00–143.00	138.03
5	—	1,566	125.00–130.00	127.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	130.00–140.00	135.37
7	—	1,189	120.00–128.00	124.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,658	145.00–158.00	152.35
6	—	1,794	160.00–175.00	167.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	760	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,143	1,625.00–1,650.00	1,637.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,223	1,475.00–2,025.00	1,886.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,353	1,750.00–1,825.00	1,788.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,358	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,834.39
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,835.00	1,835.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	2,750.00	2,750.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

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