Name: Guthrie Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was a KY-TN CPH Advantage Sale. All cattle sold were enrolled in the CPH program and producers followed the animal health and management protocols of the program. All cattle are considered "value-added" for meeting the CPH standards. 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 $417.94/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −39.78 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.

Average price

$417.94

34 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.61

vs KY average

−12.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	420.00	2,260	32
Medium and Large 2	550	390.00	2,145	1thin
Medium 1	540	380.00	2,052	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale34 hd

417.94

—

KY average27 barns · 1,467 hd

397.33

+20.61

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−12.69

This barn, trailing median2 sales

457.72

−39.78

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

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	800–850	820	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,878	2
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,035	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	356.82/cwt	352.50–359.00	2,337	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	932	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,599	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,260	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,457	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	328.25/cwt	328.25–328.25	2,741	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,462	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	377.55/cwt	369.00–381.00	2,507	89
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	965	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,615	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	790	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,981	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,883	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,109	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,319	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,192	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,881	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	346.25/cwt	346.25–346.25	2,164	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	319.23/cwt	316.50–324.50	2,327	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,526	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,938	44

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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale- Guthrie, KY

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	820	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,035	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
10	650–700	659	320.00	320.00
13	700–750	747	310.50	310.50
15	750–800	769	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	843	284.00	284.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
12	450–500	456	412.50	412.50
44	500–550	546	355.00	355.00
45	600–650	625	346.25	346.25
32	650–700	663	339.00	339.00
58	700–750	729	316.50–324.50	319.23
23	800–850	835	302.50	302.50
3	900–950	908	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
3	650–700	655	352.50–359.00	356.82
9	700–750	727	334.50	334.50
3	800–850	838	310.00	310.00
9	900–950	932	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	452.50	452.50
6	450–500	458	432.50	432.50
32	500–550	538	420.00	420.00
35	600–650	630	390.00	390.00
89	650–700	664	369.00–381.00	377.55
74	700–750	720	342.00	342.00
55	750–800	770	337.50	337.50
60	800–850	835	328.25	328.25
30	900–950	921	313.00	313.00
5	1000–1050	1,020	287.00	287.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	790	286.00	286.00

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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