Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-6.00 lower. The male calves saw strong demand and rebounded back to the prices seen a few weeks ago. The buyers continued to show softer demand for heifers. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher with stronger demand and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.07/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −49.64 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.

Average price

$345.07

54 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$31.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs KY average

−39.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	348.52	1,915	48
Medium and Large 2-3	534	317.50	1,695	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.02/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale54 hd

345.07

—

KY average24 barns · 773 hd

345.95

−0.88

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−39.32

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.72

−49.64

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	1,640	196.07	3,216	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	174.35	2,576	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	165.95	1,986	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	146.87	1,411	18

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)	998	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,450	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,175	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	972	$2,285	8

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	781	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	626	328.36/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,056	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	806	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,450	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	362.47/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	808	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,233	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	350.81/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,951	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	768	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,387	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	509.83/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,236	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	686	291.44/cwt	272.50–301.00	1,999	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	399.80/cwt	396.00–407.50	1,751	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,622	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	622	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	654	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,825	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	890	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	845	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	972	2,285.00/head	2,285.00–2,285.00	2,285	8
Bulls	—	—	1,585	193.68/cwt	193.00–194.00	3,070	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	201.58/cwt	200.00–203.00	3,135	2
Bulls	—	—	1,547	185.59/cwt	177.50–189.00	2,871	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	161.26/cwt	156.00–165.00	2,351	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	176.07/cwt	168.00–194.00	2,606	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	152.87/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,373	4
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,975	211.05/cwt	210.00–212.00	4,168	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	169.14/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,982	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	159.57/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,988	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	133.14/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,273	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	169.61/cwt	163.00–180.00	1,650	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	144.91/cwt	142.50–148.00	1,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	273.68/cwt	270.00–277.50	2,540	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	915	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	287.25/cwt	285.00–291.00	2,080	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	330.72/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,031	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	343.48/cwt	340.00–346.00	1,838	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,230	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	503	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	389.43/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,134	28
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,327	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	911	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	780	313.04/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	804	366.25/cwt	366.25–366.25	2,945	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	383.06/cwt	377.50–384.00	2,076	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	376.63/cwt	372.50–378.00	2,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	328.37/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,568	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	379.10/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,846	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	372.78/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,099	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,789	10

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 Oct 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 636Last week 629Year ago 611

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 130Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 48

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	—	1,200	3,175.00	3,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,320	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	2,350.00	2,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	972	2,285.00	2,285.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	431	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	935	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	806	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	353	400.00	400.00
22	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
41	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	379.10
15	500–550	535	340.00–346.00	343.48
33	550–600	556	345.00–351.00	350.81
32	600–650	614	326.00–332.00	330.72
11	700–750	724	285.00–291.00	287.25
3	750–800	778	289.00	289.00
1	800–850	820	278.00	278.00
2	900–950	928	270.00–277.50	273.68
5	950–1000	977	289.00	289.00
3	1000–1050	1,045	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	654	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	705	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	780	310.00–314.00	313.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	438	396.00–407.50	399.80
1	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	538	360.00–365.00	362.47
3	550–600	577	330.00	330.00
21	600–650	626	323.00–334.00	328.36
9	650–700	686	272.50–301.00	291.44
5	750–800	781	260.00	260.00
2	800–850	808	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	218	505.00–515.00	509.83
3	250–300	297	515.00	515.00
10	350–400	367	487.50	487.50
11	400–450	414	447.50	447.50
16	450–500	485	420.00	420.00
20	500–550	542	377.50–384.00	383.06
10	550–600	563	367.50–375.00	372.78
8	600–650	616	363.00	363.00
8	650–700	690	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	970	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	392.50	392.50
2	750–800	768	350.00	350.00
64	800–850	804	366.25	366.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	408	465.00	465.00
11	450–500	452	434.00	434.00
28	500–550	548	386.00–390.00	389.43
4	550–600	579	372.50–378.00	376.63
23	600–650	617	361.50	361.50
3	650–700	692	345.00	345.00
15	700–750	719	332.00	332.00
9	750–800	782	320.00–337.50	328.37
1	800–850	800	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	525	309.00	309.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	317.00	317.00
4	900–950	911	309.00	309.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,585	193.00–194.00	193.68
2	—	1,555	200.00–203.00	201.58
3	—	1,547	177.50–189.00	185.59
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	210.00–212.00	211.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	156.00–165.00	161.26
38	—	1,480	168.00–194.00	176.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	898	150.00–157.50	152.87
6	—	956	126.00–139.00	133.14
3	—	973	163.00–180.00	169.61
5	—	1,010	142.50–148.00	144.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,172	165.00–179.00	169.14
8	—	1,246	154.00–164.00	159.57

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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