Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers traded 8.00-10.00 higher. The demand for the lightweight male calves was softer and it was stronger for those over 600 lbs. The demand for the feeder heifers was strong across all sizes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.68/cwt on 43 head, down $15.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.03 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.

Average price

$390.68

▼ 15.31 vs prior sale

43 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$61.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.74

vs KY average

−36.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	417.00	2,327	22
Medium and Large 2	552	387.50	2,139	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	568	355.49	2,019	16thin

One grade step is worth $61.51/cwt here — about $308 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 sale43 hd

390.68

—

KY average25 barns · 1,171 hd

419.42

−28.74

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−36.71

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.72

−4.03

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	1,779	208.22	3,704	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	180.04	2,598	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	173.29	2,053	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	164.38	1,691	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,225	206.00	2,524	3thin

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)	1,145	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,278	$3,007	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,257	$2,835	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,186	$2,802	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,273	$2,398	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,465	$3,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	362.50/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	378.98/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,660	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	559.53/cwt	550.00–562.50	2,266	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,043	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	536.57/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,899	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,327	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,136	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	959	297.88/cwt	290.00–299.00	2,857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	399.95/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,175	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	609.47/cwt	605.00–640.00	1,737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,431	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	338.58/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,011	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	431.57/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,719	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	477.79/cwt	475.50–485.00	2,609	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	579.95/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,004	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	543	449.00/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,438	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	367.72/cwt	345.00–382.00	2,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	525.69/cwt	510.00–528.00	2,429	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	327.44/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	481.99/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	510.67/cwt	509.00–535.00	2,191	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	393.72/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	339	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,915	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,280	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	173.26/cwt	167.00–185.00	1,814	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	168.44/cwt	159.00–173.00	2,004	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,413	186.81/cwt	182.50–196.00	2,640	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,411	178.18/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,514	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	985	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,551	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,163	181.30/cwt	180.00–182.50	2,109	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,225	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,524	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	163.10/cwt	157.50–172.50	1,652	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,875	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,859	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	180.23/cwt	172.00–195.00	2,687	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	179.73/cwt	175.00–195.00	2,164	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	148.24/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,533	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	166.75/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,243	4
Bulls	—	—	1,550	197.71/cwt	195.00–202.00	3,065	3
Bulls	—	—	1,943	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	3,643	2
Bulls	—	—	1,928	215.11/cwt	206.00–230.00	4,147	6
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,798	218.34/cwt	215.00–225.00	3,926	5
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,415	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,936	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,510	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,869	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,065	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	975	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,210	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	2,834.81/head	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,835	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,040	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	2,777.08/head	2,300.00–3,300.00	2,777	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	3,028.84/head	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,029	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	2,397.54/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	426.55/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	501.11/cwt	495.00–502.00	2,435	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	420.89/cwt	420.00–426.00	2,618	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,245	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,989	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	458.39/cwt	455.00–458.50	2,498	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	367.62/cwt	357.00–375.00	2,632	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	457.03/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,947	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	398	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,304	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	704	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,640	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	355.49/cwt	345.00–378.00	2,019	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	470.00/cwt	420.00–495.00	1,758	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,212	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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY

Thu Apr 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 796Last week 724Year ago 761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 129Year ago 198

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 104Year ago 62

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	285	580.00	580.00
6	350–400	374	420.00–495.00	470.00
3	400–450	437	390.00–420.00	399.95
3	450–500	465	402.50	402.50
16	550–600	568	345.00–378.00	355.49
2	600–650	613	337.50	337.50
1	700–750	715	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	785	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	920	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	455	442.00	442.00
5	550–600	552	387.50	387.50
6	600–650	647	361.00–370.00	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	710.00	710.00
7	250–300	285	605.00–640.00	609.47
1	300–350	320	540.00	540.00
18	350–400	354	510.00–540.00	536.57
33	400–450	425	502.50	502.50
47	450–500	487	473.00	473.00
22	550–600	558	417.00	417.00
15	600–650	625	389.00	389.00
7	650–700	688	335.00–340.00	338.58
4	700–750	731	339.00	339.00
5	750–800	772	332.00	332.00
8	950–1000	959	290.00–299.00	297.88
4	1000–1050	1,043	285.00	285.00
1	1150–1200	1,175	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	704	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	460.00–490.00	481.99
4	400–450	434	502.50	502.50
1	450–500	485	485.00	485.00
10	500–550	543	440.00–450.00	449.00
2	550–600	590	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	645	385.00	385.00
6	650–700	680	345.00–382.00	367.72
2	850–900	870	325.00–330.00	327.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	720.00	720.00
4	300–350	342	575.00–585.00	579.95
2	350–400	393	540.00	540.00
17	400–450	405	550.00–562.50	559.53
35	450–500	462	510.00–528.00	525.69
86	500–550	546	475.50–485.00	477.79
40	600–650	630	420.00–445.00	431.57
3	650–700	650	416.00	416.00
10	700–750	702	370.00–380.00	378.98
3	750–800	782	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	750–800	751	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	650.00	650.00
6	350–400	368	610.00	610.00
30	400–450	429	509.00–535.00	510.67
22	450–500	486	495.00–502.00	501.11
30	500–550	545	455.00–458.50	458.39
5	550–600	556	425.00–432.50	426.55
27	600–650	622	420.00–426.00	420.89
4	650–700	656	390.00–405.00	393.72
15	700–750	716	357.00–375.00	367.62
2	800–850	808	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	580.00	580.00
4	300–350	339	565.00	565.00
2	350–400	398	520.00	520.00
7	400–450	426	410.00–480.00	457.03
1	450–500	490	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	533	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	600	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	745	339.00	339.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,047	167.00–185.00	173.26
12	—	1,013	157.50–172.50	163.10
4	—	1,034	145.00–152.50	148.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,190	159.00–173.00	168.44
9	—	1,204	175.00–195.00	179.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,413	182.50–196.00	186.81
9	—	1,411	170.00–181.00	178.18
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	157.50	157.50
2	—	1,163	180.00–182.50	181.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	152.50	152.50
14	—	1,491	172.00–195.00	180.23
4	—	1,345	163.00–170.00	166.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	206.00	206.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	195.00–202.00	197.71
2	—	1,943	187.50	187.50
6	—	1,928	206.00–230.00	215.11
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,798	215.00–225.00	218.34
1	—	1,415	207.50	207.50
1	—	1,510	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,257	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,834.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	3,150.00	3,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,216	2,300.00–3,300.00	2,777.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,292	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,028.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,273	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,397.54
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,465	3,500.00	3,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	3,050.00	3,050.00

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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