Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower. Today's smaller offering limited group size along with very few weaned calves softened demand on all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 6.00-7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.70/cwt on 43 head, down $31.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −51.16 against this barn's trailing median of $392.86.

Average price

$341.70

▼ 31.33 vs prior sale

43 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$23.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.36

vs KY average

−1.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	350.00	1,946	28
Medium and Large 2	548	326.20	1,788	15thin

One grade step is worth $23.80/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.46, low $314.93, median $392.86 across 32 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

341.70

—

KY average25 barns · 1,078 hd

338.34

+3.36

National average134 barns · 8,662 hd

343.55

−1.85

This barn, trailing median32 sales

392.86

−51.16

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	1,735	181.35	3,146	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	147.57	2,161	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	146.81	1,798	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	128.69	1,367	17

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,573	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,322	$2,161	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,950	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,550	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$2,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	900	$2,425	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	885	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$4,025	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,235	$2,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	250–300	257	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	631	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	350.89/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	299.65/cwt	297.00–309.00	2,490	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	429.53/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	559	319.25/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	461.31/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	347.56/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	316.92/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	713	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	390.51/cwt	387.50–410.00	1,710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,835	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,066	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	2,180.88/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,181	3
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	209.64/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,943	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,290	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	953	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,478	9
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,154	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,060	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	915	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,120	1,950.45/head	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	733	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,942	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	128.36/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,373	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	136.55/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,828	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	144.81/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,020	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,150	4,025.00/head	4,025.00–4,025.00	4,025	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,125	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	187.92/cwt	185.00–192.50	2,960	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,811	182.22/cwt	175.00–186.00	3,300	9
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,828	191.55/cwt	188.00–195.00	3,502	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	169.39/cwt	165.00–173.00	3,261	2
Bulls	—	—	1,501	177.01/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,657	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,596	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	112.08/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,208	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	144.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,522	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	143.11/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,599	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	167.62/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,914	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	160.39/cwt	152.00–173.00	2,515	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	138.52/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,317	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	182.07/cwt	175.00–192.50	2,207	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,040	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,075	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	2,997.72/head	2,750.00–3,200.00	2,998	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,958	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,085	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,029	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,281	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,031	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,143	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,808	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,522	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,550	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,185	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,168	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	375.38/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,946	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	326.20/cwt	326.00–327.50	1,788	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,970	5

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 Oct 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 969Year ago 629

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 101Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 81Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	257	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	600	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	370.00	370.00
15	500–550	548	326.00–327.50	326.20
5	600–650	618	312.50	312.50
5	650–700	693	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	733	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	460.00	460.00
9	350–400	358	425.00	425.00
9	400–450	437	377.50	377.50
10	450–500	488	372.50–387.50	375.38
28	550–600	556	350.00	350.00
27	600–650	620	327.50	327.50
12	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	857	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	392.00	392.00
4	500–550	537	337.50–355.00	350.89
8	600–650	631	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	400	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	468	421.00	421.00
17	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
18	600–650	616	352.00	352.00
13	700–750	704	324.00	324.00
1	750–800	755	312.50	312.50
11	800–850	831	297.00–309.00	299.65
1	950–1000	960	275.00	275.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	410.00	410.00
3	300–350	337	430.00–480.00	461.31
9	350–400	375	410.00–450.00	429.53
7	400–450	438	387.50–410.00	390.51
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	517	345.00–350.00	347.56
4	550–600	559	319.00–320.00	319.25
4	600–650	620	310.00–322.50	316.92
4	700–750	713	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	545.00	545.00
9	350–400	350	535.00	535.00
7	400–450	418	432.50	432.50
19	450–500	481	407.00	407.00
17	550–600	552	367.50	367.50
20	600–650	617	338.00	338.00
13	700–750	714	306.00	306.00
4	800–850	834	257.00	257.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	250.00	250.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,333	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,180.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,263	2,750.00–3,200.00	2,997.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,290	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,950.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,750.00	1,750.00
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	927	200.00–225.00	209.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	979	220.00	220.00
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	953	260.00	260.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	2,425.00	2,425.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	4,025.00	4,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,555	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,212	175.00–192.50	182.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,070	122.00–135.00	128.36
1	—	950	168.00	168.00
6	—	1,078	106.00–120.00	112.08
4	—	1,055	140.00–148.00	144.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	135.00–139.00	136.55
3	—	1,117	140.00–147.00	143.11
3	—	1,142	160.00–175.00	167.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,395	140.00–150.00	144.81
4	—	1,568	152.00–173.00	160.39
2	—	1,673	138.00–139.00	138.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	185.00–192.50	187.92
2	—	1,925	165.00–173.00	169.39
4	—	1,501	176.00–178.00	177.01
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,811	175.00–186.00	182.22
2	—	1,828	188.00–195.00	191.55

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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