Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 6.00-8.00 lower and those over 600 lbs. were 5.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher with instances of some being sharply higher. Today's offering varied widely in quality and didn't contain the large groups that was in last weeks sale but the demand was still good overall. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.52/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −145.23 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.

Average price

$306.52

37 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$46.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.62

vs KY average

−20.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	310.32	1,669	34
Medium and Large 2-3	522	263.40	1,375	3thin

One grade step is worth $46.92/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.45, low $403.31, median $451.75 across 27 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 sale37 hd

306.52

—

KY average23 barns · 766 hd

300.90

+5.62

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−20.11

This barn, trailing median27 sales

451.75

−145.23

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	1,476	141.95	2,095	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	119.09	1,733	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	112.80	1,364	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	107.21	1,100	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	165.00	2,124	3thin

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)	1,150	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,247	$1,951	20
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,852	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$1,750	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,320	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$2,000	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	275.82/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,354	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	212.50/cwt	202.50–222.50	1,335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,043	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	265.67/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,437	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	325.70/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,159	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	957	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	338.31/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	280.07/cwt	275.00–285.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	289.52/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,760	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	441	264.42/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	490	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,661	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	466	265.83/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	233.80/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,464	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,100	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	258.47/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	788	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,084	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	249.51/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,944	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	263.40/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	282.72/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	302.00/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,637	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	244.60/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,693	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	327.69/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,055	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	353	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,333	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,272	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	115.41/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,096	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	117.60/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,722	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	125.48/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,797	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	126.21/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,342	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	113.54/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,408	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	104.26/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,256	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,124	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	109.03/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,589	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	92.25/cwt	90.00–96.00	975	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	106.04/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,136	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	129.70/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,209	3
Bulls	—	—	1,183	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,550	2
Bulls	—	—	1,163	153.63/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	141.46/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,659	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,095	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,902.11/head	1,650.00–2,150.00	1,902	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,925.00/head	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,027	1,866.23/head	1,850.00–1,875.00	1,866	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	1,966.06/head	1,550.00–2,250.00	1,966	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,687	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,661	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	928	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,299	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	284.76/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,375	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,587	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	383.82/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,205	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,321	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	249.59/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,532	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,393	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.

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KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Thu Dec 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 529Last week 941Year ago 641

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 165Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 37Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	550	237.50	237.50
12	600–650	626	230.00–235.00	233.80
1	650–700	660	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	375.00	375.00
7	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
3	300–350	302	335.00–345.00	338.31
15	350–400	356	315.00–327.50	325.70
18	400–450	422	313.00	313.00
32	450–500	491	270.00–276.00	275.82
12	500–550	541	265.00–267.00	265.67
10	600–650	614	249.00–255.00	249.59
4	650–700	698	223.00	223.00
4	700–750	731	216.00	216.00
3	750–800	752	218.00	218.00
4	800–850	834	208.00	208.00
2	1000–1050	1,043	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	275.00–285.00	280.07
7	400–450	441	250.00–275.00	264.42
2	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	575	227.50	227.50
4	600–650	628	202.50–222.50	212.50
1	750–800	765	202.50	202.50
1	850–900	875	177.50	177.50
3	950–1000	957	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	725	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	490	339.00	339.00
10	500–550	517	330.00	330.00
21	600–650	608	289.00–290.00	289.52
63	750–800	788	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	275.00–290.00	282.72
7	450–500	466	255.00–270.00	265.83
3	500–550	522	260.00–265.00	263.40
5	600–650	630	252.50–262.50	258.47
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	370.00	370.00
9	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
21	500–550	542	296.00–303.00	302.00
3	550–600	578	303.00	303.00
4	700–750	704	258.00	258.00
10	750–800	779	245.00–250.00	249.51
1	800–850	820	229.00	229.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	210.00	210.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	395.00	395.00
5	300–350	314	380.00–390.00	383.82
7	350–400	366	355.00	355.00
10	400–450	429	310.00	310.00
16	450–500	483	284.00–285.00	284.76
3	500–550	543	275.00	275.00
13	550–600	551	288.00	288.00
14	600–650	613	271.00	271.00
6	650–700	692	242.50–245.00	244.60
2	700–750	738	222.50	222.50
4	750–800	780	223.00	223.00
3	950–1000	953	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	320.00–342.50	327.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	405	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	400.00	400.00
15	350–400	353	377.50	377.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	950	114.00–116.00	115.41
6	—	1,057	90.00–96.00	92.25
9	—	1,071	102.50–108.00	106.04
3	—	932	126.00–133.00	129.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,464	111.00–123.00	117.60
11	—	1,432	124.00–128.00	125.48
3	—	1,457	108.00–110.00	109.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	125.00–127.50	126.21
10	—	1,240	110.00–117.00	113.54
4	—	1,205	102.00–109.00	104.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,287	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	131.00	131.00
2	—	1,163	151.00–156.00	153.63
3	—	1,880	139.00–144.00	141.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,027	1,850.00–1,875.00	1,866.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,185	1,650.00–2,150.00	1,902.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,300	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,150	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,286	1,550.00–2,250.00	1,966.06
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,400.00	1,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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