Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00-7.00 lower. Strong demand for the male calves today and much softer demand for the lightweight heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with the highest dressing cows and bulls seeing very good prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.75/cwt on 36 head, up $14.12 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 27 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.

Average price

$451.75

▲ 14.12 vs prior sale

36 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$49.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.42

vs KY average

−20.37 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	464.01	2,549	27
Medium and Large 2-3	561	414.98	2,328	9thin

One grade step is worth $49.03/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd

451.75

—

KY average24 barns · 775 hd

487.18

−35.42

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−20.37

This barn, trailing median27 sales

451.75

+0.00

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	—	High	1,639	200.76	3,290	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	176.70	2,495	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	163.55	1,914	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,031	153.86	1,586	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)	1,220	$3,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$3,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,515	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$3,193	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,254	$2,802	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,158	$2,050	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$3,005	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	893	$2,450	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,279	$3,658	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2	350–400	367	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	387.97/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	470.63/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	414.98/cwt	405.00–423.00	2,328	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	277	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,078	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	466.67/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	995	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	467.13/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	3,005.31/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,005	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	3,192.84/head	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,193	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	376	502.03/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,888	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	3
Bulls	—	—	1,721	212.45/cwt	205.00–217.00	3,656	9
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	830	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,060	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	170.65/cwt	167.50–180.00	1,944	12
Bulls	—	—	1,380	174.33/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,406	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,668	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,183	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	167.07/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,734	4
Bulls	—	—	1,647	195.56/cwt	193.00–197.00	3,221	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	157.96/cwt	152.00–162.50	1,633	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	146.74/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,535	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	159.55/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,876	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	168.91/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,316	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	183.33/cwt	177.00–196.00	2,653	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	3,937.66/head	3,925.00–3,950.00	3,938	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,185	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	544.27/cwt	543.00–551.00	2,389	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,100	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,605	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,334	2,966.33/head	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,966	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	445.82/cwt	433.00–447.50	2,479	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	489.31/cwt	489.00–500.00	2,363	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,993	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,441	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	448.20/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,914	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	573.21/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,092	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,242	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	344.49/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,139	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,021	263.09/cwt	255.00–266.00	2,686	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	410.50/cwt	410.00–411.00	2,172	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,906	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	419.35/cwt	414.00–421.00	2,587	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	375.52/cwt	367.50–386.00	2,734	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,029	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,187	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	422.23/cwt	417.50–422.50	2,609	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	461.22/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,514	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	361.33/cwt	360.00–363.75	2,811	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	572.78/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,632	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	592.73/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,152	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	519.24/cwt	517.50–540.00	2,378	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	550–600	579	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,186	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	500–550	528	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	383.34/cwt	383.00–385.00	2,085	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,950	2

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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 714Last week 294Year ago 660

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 44Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 18Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	530.00	530.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	570.00	570.00
3	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	376	450.00–515.00	502.03
4	400–450	433	425.00–480.00	467.13
2	500–550	540	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
1	950–1000	995	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	439	543.00–551.00	544.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	630.00	630.00
5	300–350	302	660.00	660.00
17	350–400	365	565.00–575.00	573.21
25	400–450	423	530.00	530.00
34	450–500	483	489.00–500.00	489.31
6	500–550	533	458.00	458.00
26	550–600	556	433.00–447.50	445.82
18	600–650	618	417.50–422.50	422.23
1	650–700	655	390.00	390.00
4	700–750	734	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	755	345.00	345.00
1	900–950	935	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	561	405.00–423.00	414.98
1	600–650	630	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	660.00	660.00
11	350–400	363	590.00–600.00	592.73
5	400–450	405	540.00	540.00
13	450–500	458	517.50–540.00	519.24
19	500–550	545	460.00–485.00	461.22
8	550–600	560	470.00–475.00	470.63
25	600–650	617	414.00–421.00	419.35
6	650–700	668	394.00	394.00
17	700–750	728	367.50–386.00	375.52
4	800–850	806	353.00	353.00
2	850–900	850	340.00	340.00
2	900–950	945	295.00	295.00
3	950–1000	963	264.00	264.00
2	1050–1100	1,078	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
194	750–800	778	360.00–363.75	361.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	390	460.00–470.00	466.67
5	400–450	440	387.50–390.00	387.97
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	748	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	457.50	457.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	285	560.00–610.00	572.78
18	350–400	353	540.00	540.00
34	400–450	427	440.00–450.00	448.20
20	450–500	483	420.00	420.00
16	500–550	529	410.00–411.00	410.50
9	600–650	621	337.50–350.00	344.49
5	650–700	688	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	728	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	950	272.50	272.50
12	1000–1050	1,021	255.00–266.00	263.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	437.50	437.50
5	550–600	579	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	520.00	520.00
28	500–550	544	383.00–385.00	383.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,293	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,192.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,515	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	3,600.00	3,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,334	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,966.33
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,005.31
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	2,200.00	2,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,100.00	3,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,368	3,925.00–3,950.00	3,937.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,721	205.00–217.00	212.45
3	—	1,380	173.00–175.00	174.33
5	—	1,647	193.00–197.00	195.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,139	167.50–180.00	170.65
1	—	1,245	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,425	140.00	140.00
8	—	1,176	151.00–165.00	159.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	137.50	137.50
4	—	1,038	164.00–172.50	167.07
5	—	1,034	152.00–162.50	157.96
8	—	1,046	140.00–150.00	146.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,371	160.00–174.00	168.91
20	—	1,447	177.00–196.00	183.33

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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