Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers traded 7.00-9.00 lower. The downward trending futures market along with the typical summer heat causing calf health concerns is contributing to much softer demand across all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.04/cwt on 42 head, down $5.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.68 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.

Average price

$390.04

▼ 5.45 vs prior sale

42 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$32.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.54

vs KY average

−6.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	396.23	2,142	34
Medium and Large 2-3	538	363.75	1,957	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale42 hd

390.04

—

KY average25 barns · 1,111 hd

411.58

−21.54

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−6.01

This barn, trailing median30 sales

394.72

−4.68

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	1,663	223.26	3,714	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,447	184.68	2,672	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	175.86	2,080	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	970	169.46	1,644	21

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,157	$2,729	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,654	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,183	$2,341	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$4,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2-3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	420.92/cwt	420.00–421.00	2,041	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,082	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	222	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,230	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	632	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,111	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	565.09/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,370	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	559.83/cwt	557.50–564.00	1,982	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	359.08/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,198	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,066	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	392.08/cwt	385.00–393.00	2,125	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	425.57/cwt	422.50–432.50	2,153	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	428.12/cwt	428.00–429.00	2,295	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	317.34/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,142	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,114	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,478	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,131	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	522.09/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,156	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	183.41/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,682	6
Bulls	—	—	1,778	239.09/cwt	237.50–241.00	4,251	2
Bulls	—	—	1,606	215.35/cwt	210.00–221.00	3,459	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,436	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	182.77/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,116	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	169.13/cwt	164.00–176.00	1,693	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	189.08/cwt	181.00–200.00	2,787	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	173.76/cwt	166.00–179.00	2,259	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,050	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,943	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	985	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,783	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	156.17/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,535	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,052	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	985	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,809	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	447	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,620	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	173.46/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,154	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,667	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,731.21/head	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,731	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,645	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	950	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	972	2,344.43/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,700.52/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,701	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,485	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	206.06/cwt	197.00–215.00	2,475	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	2,379.50/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	778	316.25/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	338	514.81/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	364.95/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,993	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	217	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	380.52/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,390	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	347.37/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,147	20

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 Jul 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 749Year ago 649

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 105Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 18Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	338	490.00–540.00	514.81
1	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	428	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	523	355.00–375.00	364.95
9	600–650	632	334.00	334.00
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	728	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	660.00	660.00
1	250–300	295	630.00	630.00
9	300–350	341	620.00	620.00
4	350–400	350	527.50	527.50
10	400–450	413	510.00–525.00	522.09
24	450–500	485	420.00–421.00	420.92
25	500–550	542	385.00–393.00	392.08
13	600–650	612	359.00–360.00	359.08
10	650–700	699	339.00	339.00
2	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	362.50	362.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,025	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	570.00	570.00
2	250–300	270	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	443	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	483	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	528	365.00	365.00
2	550–600	568	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
2	900–950	900	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	585.00	585.00
4	250–300	283	560.00–570.00	565.09
14	350–400	354	557.50–564.00	559.83
7	400–450	431	452.50	452.50
2	450–500	450	436.00	436.00
10	500–550	506	422.50–432.50	425.57
24	550–600	555	384.00	384.00
20	600–650	618	335.00–348.00	347.37
6	650–700	675	316.00–320.00	317.34
2	950–1000	975	270.00	270.00
4	1050–1100	1,066	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	485	411.00	411.00
5	600–650	636	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	495	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	778	315.00–317.50	316.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	620.00	620.00
1	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	450	490.00	490.00
8	500–550	536	428.00–429.00	428.12
19	600–650	628	380.00–390.00	380.52
14	650–700	652	342.00	342.00
20	700–750	700	354.00	354.00
3	1050–1100	1,082	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	562	449.00	449.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	200.00	200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,201	197.00–215.00	206.06
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	972	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,344.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,731.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,213	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,700.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,222	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,379.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,485	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	4,600.00	4,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	917	180.00–187.00	183.41
7	—	1,001	164.00–176.00	169.13
7	—	983	150.00–160.00	156.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	145.00	145.00
13	—	1,474	181.00–200.00	189.08
3	—	1,300	166.00–179.00	173.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,158	179.00–190.00	182.77
1	—	1,350	152.00	152.00
3	—	1,242	170.00–175.00	173.46
1	—	1,170	142.50	142.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	185.00	185.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	181.00	181.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	200.00	200.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	237.50–241.00	239.09
4	—	1,606	210.00–221.00	215.35

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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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