Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Today's quality was much like last week's and the feeder buyers continued to show good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.59/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −43.16 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.

Average price

$408.59

111 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$372

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

$55.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.50

vs KY average

+18.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	582	410.59	2,391	107
Medium and Large 2-3	569	355.00	2,020	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $372 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

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 sale111 hd

408.59

—

KY average22 barns · 815 hd

387.09

+21.50

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+18.57

This barn, trailing median27 sales

451.75

−43.16

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	—	Low	1,786	205.28	3,667	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	173.46	2,498	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	158.45	1,969	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	146.59	1,556	44

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)	1,050	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$2,801	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,038	$2,717	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	870	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,012	$2,383	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,963	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,045	$2,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$2,000	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,172	$3,617	3thin

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	Large 1-2	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,354	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	728	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	349.91/cwt	338.00–362.50	1,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	282	390.91/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,783	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	311.57/cwt	306.00–317.50	1,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,877	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	323.44/cwt	321.50–328.00	2,005	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,561	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	289.27/cwt	289.00–290.00	2,065	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,742	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,772	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	402.50/cwt	390.00–415.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	377.38/cwt	372.50–379.00	2,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	407.25/cwt	407.00–410.00	1,910	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,350	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,335	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,759	2
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	318	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,081	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	384.50/cwt	382.00–386.00	2,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,439	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	796	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,882	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,149	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	418.75/cwt	418.75–418.75	2,471	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,020	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	363.80/cwt	363.00–375.00	1,975	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,781	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	306.70/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,911	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	357.50/cwt	317.50–377.50	1,566	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	158.83/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,392	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	151.01/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,001	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,500	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,426	182.80/cwt	173.00–190.00	2,607	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,065	176.71/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,882	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,232	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,984	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	136.13/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,729	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	145.71/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,834	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	144.62/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,516	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	168.25/cwt	162.50–180.00	1,805	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	133.90/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,469	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	171.82/cwt	166.00–183.00	2,474	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	159.16/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,032	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	152.77/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,577	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	172.74/cwt	167.00–190.00	2,145	9
Bulls	—	—	1,820	190.45/cwt	184.00–198.00	3,466	7
Bulls	—	—	1,694	196.46/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,328	8
Bulls	—	—	1,635	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,335	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	2,008	225.37/cwt	221.00–228.00	4,525	5
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,620	199.02/cwt	193.00–201.00	3,224	4
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,799	211.17/cwt	206.00–218.00	3,799	17
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,075	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	297.67/cwt	280.00–299.00	2,131	14
Bulls	Large 1-2	300–350	318	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,638	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	385.34/cwt	362.50–387.00	1,888	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,139	2
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	870	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	870	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	2,800.95/head	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,801	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,005	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	810	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	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 Aug 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 644Last week 428Year ago 346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 228Last week 100Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 11Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	578	288.00	288.00
2	700–750	728	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	374	417.50	417.50
16	400–450	428	407.00	407.00
19	450–500	498	358.00	358.00
27	500–550	544	345.00	345.00
42	600–650	620	321.50–328.00	323.44
5	650–700	699	319.00	319.00
11	700–750	714	289.00–290.00	289.27
2	850–900	880	267.50	267.50
3	900–950	900	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	390.00–415.00	402.50
4	250–300	282	385.00–400.00	390.91
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
8	400–450	429	338.00–362.50	349.91
3	450–500	482	325.00	325.00
6	500–550	512	318.00	318.00
6	550–600	575	306.00–317.50	311.57
1	600–650	640	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	695	287.50	287.50
4	800–850	815	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	895	250.00	250.00
1	900–950	920	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	559	342.00	342.00
19	600–650	607	354.00	354.00
6	750–800	758	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	438	317.50–377.50	357.50
1	450–500	475	317.50	317.50
5	500–550	529	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	558	318.00	318.00
7	600–650	623	305.00–308.00	306.70
2	750–800	785	272.50	272.50
1	800–850	825	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	521.00	521.00
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	325	440.00	440.00
16	350–400	364	450.00	450.00
25	400–450	423	421.00	421.00
29	450–500	490	362.50–387.00	385.34
15	500–550	543	363.00–375.00	363.80
14	600–650	626	331.50	331.50
14	700–750	716	280.00–299.00	297.67
4	800–850	808	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	285	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	393	447.50	447.50
12	450–500	469	407.00–410.00	407.25
12	500–550	541	372.50–379.00	377.38
11	550–600	570	382.00–386.00	384.50
2	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
12	700–750	723	323.00	323.00
1	750–800	760	317.50	317.50
3	950–1000	960	287.50	287.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
4	550–600	569	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	590	418.75	418.75
66	750–800	796	362.00	362.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,506	154.00–164.00	158.83
2	—	1,325	150.00–152.00	151.01
38	—	1,440	166.00–183.00	171.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	164.00	164.00
25	—	1,426	173.00–190.00	182.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,065	170.00–180.00	176.71
3	—	1,232	160.00–162.00	161.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	134.00–138.00	136.13
12	—	1,259	140.00–149.00	145.71
9	—	1,277	153.00–164.00	159.16
9	—	1,242	167.00–190.00	172.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,048	140.00–149.00	144.62
6	—	1,073	162.50–180.00	168.25
12	—	1,097	125.00–139.00	133.90
9	—	1,032	150.00–159.00	152.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,820	184.00–198.00	190.45
8	—	1,694	190.00–200.00	196.46
1	—	1,635	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,008	221.00–228.00	225.37
4	—	1,620	193.00–201.00	199.02
17	—	1,799	206.00–218.00	211.17

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	—	1,050	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,310	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,800.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,430	2,225.00	2,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	1,650.00	1,650.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,850.00	3,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	4,400.00	4,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	2,000.00	2,000.00

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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Guthrie Livestock Auction

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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