KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 8, 2020

841 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.24/cwt ≈ $791/hd at 572 lb · 65 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.17/cwt ≈ $822/hd at 627 lb · 47 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.36/cwt ≈ $678/hd at 563 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	841	978	1,423
Feeder cattle	732	—	1,290
Slaughter cattle	109	—	133

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–323	312	4	141.00–148.00	$144.37	$450
315–348 fancy	337	3	160.00	$160.00	$539
425	425	2	141.00	$141.00	$599
464–486	471	29	137.00–147.00	$142.44	$671
527–548	530	14	134.50–138.00	$135.02	$716
559–597	572	65	137.50–139.50	$138.24	$791
612–630	627	47	129.00–133.00	$131.17	$822
660	660	3	122.00	$122.00	$805
702–715	704	30	121.00–126.00	$122.60	$863
823	823	7	110.00–120.00	$117.14	$964
913	913	3	111.00	$111.00	$1,013

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
375	375	2	112.00	$112.00	$420
520–544	539	5	132.50–133.00	$132.60	$715
585	585	2	125.00	$125.00	$731
663–680	669	3	118.00–119.00	$118.66	$794
713	713	3	114.00	$114.00	$813

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
508	508	2	105.00	$105.00	$533

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
363	363	6	128.00	$128.00	$465
436	436	27	126.00	$126.00	$549
468–499	493	33	122.50–123.00	$122.59	$604
540	540	13	122.00	$122.00	$659
558–575	563	46	115.00–123.00	$120.36	$678
608–621	620	34	120.00–120.50	$120.04	$744
650	650	9	114.00	$114.00	$741
708–748	714	14	105.00–112.00	$110.95	$792
801–819	813	12	104.50–110.00	$108.19	$880

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
357–386	373	10	113.00–121.00	$117.69	$439
443	443	7	118.50	$118.50	$525
454	454	7	110.00	$110.00	$499
532	532	7	111.00	$111.00	$591
568–575	572	6	108.00–109.00	$108.50	$621
614	614	5	107.00	$107.00	$657
702–735	715	5	100.00–102.00	$100.82	$721

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–303	302	3	140.00–147.00	$144.68	$437
361 fancy	361	7	155.00	$155.00	$560
381	381	5	137.00	$137.00	$522
439	439	12	144.00	$144.00	$632
465–494	488	15	140.00–143.50	$142.83	$697
554–561	555	36	123.00–133.75	$132.24	$734
619	619	28	121.00	$121.00	$749
695	695	2	111.00	$111.00	$771
707–743	712	20	104.00–112.50	$111.17	$792
819	819	11	106.00	$106.00	$868

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
373	373	1	130.00	$130.00	$485
451–478	460	6	130.00–136.00	$132.08	$608
542	542	5	120.00	$120.00	$650
570	570	2	116.00	$116.00	$661
625–640	636	8	109.00–113.50	$112.39	$715

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
480	480	2	100.00	$100.00	$480

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1195–1550	1410	75-80%	5	40.00–48.00	$45.59	$643
1380–1700	1588	75-80%	6	50.00–53.50	$51.66	$820

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1275	1057	85-90%	3	49.50–56.00	$53.12	$561
1165–1420	1293	85-90%	2	47.50–50.00	$48.87	$632

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1250–1360	1305	80-85%	2	46.50–52.00	$49.37	$644
1340–1525	1427	80-85%	3	53.00–58.50	$55.43	$791

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–2065	1541	10	59.00–75.00	$70.28	$1,083
1150–2050	1683	3	76.00–79.00	$77.58	$1,306

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
468	468	2	62.00	$62.00	$290
775	775	2	73.00	$73.00	$566

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.