Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower with the exception of the 500-700 lb. steers and they were 7.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder demand remained strong overall but today's offering lacked the high quality packages of last week's sale. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.16/cwt on 18 head, down $5.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −41.56 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.

Average price

$353.16

▼ 5.86 vs prior sale

18 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$15.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.94

vs KY average

−60.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	357.46	1,964	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	341.96	1,865	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about $99 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

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 sale18 hd

353.16

—

KY average25 barns · 1,665 hd

375.10

−21.94

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−60.32

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.72

−41.56

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	1,614	194.27	3,135	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,393	162.48	2,263	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	147.24	1,751	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	133.35	1,325	37

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)	1,105	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,545	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,333	$2,780	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$2,483	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	955	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	990	$1,700	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	770	$1,700	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,381	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	329.45/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	342.65/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	401.34/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,264	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	429.84/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	923	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,954	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,265	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,365	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	600–650	628	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,267	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	322	456.16/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,469	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	336.27/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,115	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	281.25/cwt	275.00–287.50	2,568	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,059	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,323	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	346.61/cwt	346.50–347.50	2,475	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,373	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	960	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	393.58/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,885	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	422.50/cwt	409.00–426.50	2,193	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	568	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,050	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,907	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	169.79/cwt	162.00–180.00	2,363	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	156.00/cwt	151.00–161.00	2,179	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	172.87/cwt	167.50–177.50	1,504	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	141.30/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,697	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	127.87/cwt	117.50–136.00	1,275	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	139.63/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,435	6
Bulls	—	—	1,571	193.85/cwt	190.00–196.00	3,045	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	133.73/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,581	6
Bulls	—	—	1,563	175.68/cwt	174.00–177.00	2,746	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	165.34/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,991	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	150.00/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,728	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,040	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	1
Bulls	—	—	1,666	200.81/cwt	198.00–210.00	3,345	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,445	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	3,055.56/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,056	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	770	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,023	2,101.30/head	1,700.00–2,500.00	2,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	383.99/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,371	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	2,779.74/head	1,975.00–3,400.00	2,780	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	368.02/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	424	359.12/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	621	333.10/cwt	332.50–335.00	2,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,416	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	398	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	347.45/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	369.15/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,462	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	446.90/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,033	6

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 Jan 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 380Last week 1,023Year ago 1,191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 208Year ago 176

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	510.00	510.00
2	300–350	303	535.00	535.00
5	350–400	371	532.50	532.50
5	400–450	429	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	450	487.50	487.50
25	500–550	519	409.00–426.50	422.50
14	600–650	628	377.50	377.50
5	650–700	698	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	730	332.50	332.50
3	800–850	827	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	460.00	460.00
5	300–350	322	435.00–480.00	456.16
2	350–400	398	485.00	485.00
2	400–450	428	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	455	420.00–452.50	446.90
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
4	600–650	621	332.50–335.00	333.10
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	726	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	420.00–435.00	429.84
6	350–400	371	435.00	435.00
6	400–450	423	412.50	412.50
27	450–500	479	385.00–395.00	393.58
6	500–550	538	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	556	341.00	341.00
27	600–650	629	329.00–340.00	336.27
4	650–700	679	324.00–335.00	329.45
4	700–750	726	320.00	320.00
8	900–950	913	275.00–287.50	281.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	713	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	628	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	568	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	424	357.50–360.00	359.12
5	450–500	475	360.00–370.00	368.02
4	500–550	533	345.00–350.00	347.45
1	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	663	300.00–310.00	305.02
1	700–750	715	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	810	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	550.00	550.00
3	400–450	432	481.00	481.00
2	450–500	453	467.50	467.50
15	500–550	523	433.00	433.00
12	550–600	564	392.50–405.00	401.34
15	600–650	618	391.00	391.00
12	650–700	667	365.00–377.50	369.15
9	700–750	714	346.50–347.50	346.61
3	750–800	767	340.00–344.00	342.65
1	850–900	880	317.00	317.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	430	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	517	375.00–390.00	383.99
4	600–650	629	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	658	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	990	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	529	447.00	447.00
9	900–950	923	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,023	1,700.00–2,500.00	2,101.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,373	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,055.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,333	1,975.00–3,400.00	2,779.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,545	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	145.00	145.00
21	—	1,392	162.00–180.00	169.79
21	—	1,397	151.00–161.00	156.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	167.50–177.50	172.87
27	—	997	117.50–136.00	127.87
6	—	1,028	137.00–143.00	139.63
2	—	970	148.00–150.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,201	136.00–145.00	141.30
6	—	1,182	132.00–135.00	133.73
7	—	1,204	160.00–170.00	165.34
5	—	1,152	147.00–157.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,571	190.00–196.00	193.85
2	—	1,563	174.00–177.00	175.68
6	—	1,666	198.00–210.00	200.81

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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