Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: The 500-700 lb. steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher with remainder being unevenly steady. Feeder heifers traded 8.00-10.00 higher. Continued strong demand for feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.86/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −55.89 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.

Average price

$395.86

57 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$35.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs KY average

−73.18 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	397.12	2,181	55
Medium and Large 2-3	585	361.22	2,113	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.90/cwt here — about $68 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

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 sale57 hd

395.86

—

KY average23 barns · 745 hd

396.39

−0.52

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−73.18

This barn, trailing median27 sales

451.75

−55.89

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	1,857	194.49	3,612	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	170.42	2,463	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	158.16	1,858	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	147.83	1,510	20

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)	1,460	$2,654	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,275	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,160	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,235	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,488	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,475	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,245	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,038	$2,643	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	947	$2,317	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	351.94/cwt	349.00–366.00	2,073	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	329.79/cwt	313.00–338.00	1,715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	297.56/cwt	292.50–301.00	2,494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	363.47/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,963	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,754	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	363.42/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,551	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,879	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	427.84/cwt	422.50–429.00	2,041	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,370	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	347.46/cwt	339.00–365.00	1,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	429.75/cwt	429.75–429.75	2,948	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	361.22/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,304	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,362	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	373.29/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,288	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	395.92/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,130	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,110	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	351.61/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,398	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	445.48/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,599	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	494.90/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,406	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	333	402.75/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,341	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,124	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,954	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	163.83/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,321	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	146.63/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,666	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	164.37/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,709	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	151.35/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,518	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	144.01/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,514	8
Bulls	—	—	1,823	181.28/cwt	176.00–184.00	3,305	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	160.37/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,881	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	135.98/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,308	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	176.15/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,577	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	147.50/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,047	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	134.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,629	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	172.36/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,067	4
Bulls	—	—	1,860	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	3,850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,862	195.48/cwt	190.00–201.00	3,640	14
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	930	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	2,642.68/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,643	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	815	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	895	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,487.82/head	2,450.00–2,525.00	2,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	2,653.77/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,654	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,160	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,410.12/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,410	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	945	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,827	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	746	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,219	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,135	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,076	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	404.75/cwt	403.00–405.00	1,894	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,164	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	341.91/cwt	329.00–343.00	2,164	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,262	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	787	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	302.18/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,167	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	331.55/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,062	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,464	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 Oct 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 639Last week 636Year ago 643

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 99Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 19Year ago 56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	488	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	585	357.50–365.00	361.22
1	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	795	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	815	250.00	250.00
1	1100–1150	1,110	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	440.00	440.00
9	650–700	696	331.00	331.00
1	700–750	730	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	477	422.50–429.00	427.84
41	500–550	538	389.00–410.00	395.92
3	550–600	567	392.00	392.00
45	600–650	613	360.00–384.00	373.29
5	650–700	682	340.00–370.00	351.61
2	700–750	745	335.00	335.00
5	800–850	834	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	920	312.50	312.50
1	950–1000	990	297.50	297.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	586	403.00	403.00
76	650–700	686	429.75	429.75
7	750–800	784	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	360.00	360.00
6	300–350	337	360.00–365.00	363.42
9	400–450	443	339.00–365.00	347.46
9	500–550	520	313.00–338.00	329.79
1	550–600	580	330.00	330.00
3	750–800	787	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
7	350–400	367	422.50	422.50
16	400–450	432	406.00	406.00
11	450–500	477	394.00	394.00
44	500–550	540	356.00–366.00	363.47
11	550–600	589	349.00–366.00	351.94
22	600–650	622	322.50–336.00	331.55
9	700–750	717	300.00–317.00	302.18
5	800–850	838	292.50–301.00	297.56
3	1000–1050	1,010	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	687	337.00	337.00
14	700–750	716	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	480.00–500.00	494.90
2	300–350	303	450.00	450.00
13	350–400	359	435.00–450.00	445.48
16	400–450	431	424.00	424.00
31	450–500	468	403.00–405.00	404.75
5	500–550	523	397.00	397.00
20	550–600	552	392.00	392.00
26	600–650	633	329.00–343.00	341.91
7	650–700	651	328.00	328.00
13	700–750	709	319.00	319.00
1	750–800	765	297.00	297.00
7	800–850	823	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	380.00–420.00	402.75
2	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	528	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	585	363.00	363.00
4	700–750	746	297.50	297.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,417	156.00–167.00	163.83
39	—	1,463	168.00–185.00	176.15
6	—	1,388	142.00–152.00	147.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	144.00–149.00	146.63
17	—	1,173	154.00–165.00	160.37
2	—	1,215	130.00–138.00	134.05
4	—	1,199	166.00–179.00	172.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,040	160.00–168.00	164.37
2	—	1,003	150.00–153.00	151.35
8	—	1,051	140.00–147.00	144.01
5	—	962	133.00–139.00	135.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	176.00–184.00	181.28
1	—	1,860	207.00	207.00
14	—	1,862	190.00–201.00	195.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,038	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,642.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,165	2,450.00–2,525.00	2,487.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,460	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,653.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,475.00	2,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,285	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,410.12
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00

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