Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2224
Receipts
737 head
584 vs last sale 153 737 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was a KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All the cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and producers followed the animal health and management protocols of the program. All the cattle are considered "value added" for meeting the standards of the program. Information about CPH is available at www.cph45.com.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $391.08/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 66.64 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.
Average price
$391.08
55 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.28
vs KY average
+9.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551398.502,19648
Medium and Large 2-3550362.501,9941thin
Large 1555362.002,0092thin
Medium 1590341.002,0121thin
Medium and Large 3548318.001,7433thin
One grade step is worth $80.50/cwt here — about $453 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale55 hd
391.08
KY average24 barns · 416 hd
371.81
+19.28
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
+9.40
This barn, trailing median2 sales
457.72
−66.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale- Guthrie, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,19517
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850829276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2888
SteersMedium 1650–700650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1452
SteersMedium 1600–650605335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0271
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550538355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9105
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500463352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6322
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550547373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,04095
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650616346.25/cwt346.25–346.252,13375
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,75612
HeifersLarge 1550–600588341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0054
HeifersMedium 1700–750708294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0823
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750729313.75/cwt313.75–313.752,28724
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600550362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9941
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800752352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,64717
SteersLarge 1550–600555362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0092
SteersMedium 1550–600590341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0121
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650623356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500485365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7702
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950936313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,9309
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450430357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5371
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800766362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,77365
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600551398.50/cwt398.50–398.502,19648
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550548318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7433
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622370.37/cwt365.00–371.002,30461
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719366.40/cwt356.00–368.002,63431
SteersLarge 1750–800770318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,4493
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650628324.72/cwt322.50–325.002,0399
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750705292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0591
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,48678
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500453422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,91410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850824336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,77359
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650640390.50/cwt390.50–390.502,49983

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.