Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the market closure because of inclement weather last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.68/cwt on 3 head, down $6.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −35.07 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.

Average price

$416.68

▼ 6.48 vs prior sale

3 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$17.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.98

vs KY average

−66.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	422.52	2,239	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	500	405.00	2,025	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.52/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale3 hd

416.68

—

KY average15 barns · 242 hd

434.66

−17.98

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−66.35

This barn, trailing median27 sales

451.75

−35.07

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	1,655	200.06	3,311	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	183.58	2,627	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,224	157.88	1,932	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	989	151.44	1,498	22

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)	1,295	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,420	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,255	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,244	$2,181	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,171	$2,169	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$2,117	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	600–650	608	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,187	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	518.86/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	580.00/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,081	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,005	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,997	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,355	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,315	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	148.67/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,533	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	174.81/cwt	167.50–182.50	1,535	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	157.83/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,574	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	186.14/cwt	175.00–197.00	2,692	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	160.50/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,078	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	168.47/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,973	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	155.95/cwt	152.50–159.00	2,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	437.38/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,916	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	384.71/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	412.07/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	422.52/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	848	351.75/cwt	351.75–351.75	2,983	62
Bulls	—	—	1,514	192.97/cwt	191.00–196.00	2,922	4
Bulls	—	—	1,843	209.51/cwt	203.00–214.00	3,861	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	830	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,490.91/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,491	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,033	1,896.61/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,897	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,048	1,847.73/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,848	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	2,181.03/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,181	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	2,227.09/head	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,227	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,640	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 267Year ago 395

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 114Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 134Year ago 18

No trends available due to the market closure because of inclement weather last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	570.00–590.00	580.00
1	250–300	265	530.00	530.00
9	400–450	429	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	486	450.00	450.00
8	500–550	535	415.00	415.00
2	600–650	608	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	675	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	455	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	675	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	505.00–525.00	518.86
3	350–400	387	480.00	480.00
9	400–450	438	415.00–460.00	437.38
4	450–500	482	400.00–425.00	412.07
2	500–550	515	375.00–395.00	384.71
3	550–600	582	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	685	290.00	290.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	562	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	617	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	815	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	530	420.00–425.00	422.52
2	600–650	600	392.50	392.50
1	650–700	675	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	405.00	405.00
1	800–850	845	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	800–850	848	351.75	351.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,115	148.00	148.00
4	—	1,171	164.00–174.00	168.47
5	—	1,295	152.50–159.00	155.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	135.00–140.00	137.56
8	—	1,031	144.00–152.00	148.67
2	—	878	167.50–182.50	174.81
7	—	997	155.00–162.00	157.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,446	175.00–197.00	186.14
2	—	1,295	155.00–165.00	160.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	191.00–196.00	192.97
3	—	1,843	203.00–214.00	209.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,293	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,490.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,244	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,181.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,299	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,227.09
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,033	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,896.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,048	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,847.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,640	3,250.00	3,250.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle