KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 3, 2020

1,285 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.65/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $690/hd at 558 lb · 73 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.84/cwt ≈ $1,022/hd at 781 lb · 68 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $130.55/cwt +7.05 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 553 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,285	1,251	1,516
Feeder cattle	1,046	1,066	1,238
Slaughter cattle	164	143	171
Replacement cattle	75	42	107

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to holiday last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
213	213	2	171.00	$171.00	$364	+8.50
260–288	274	4	171.00–178.00	$174.32	$478	—
325	325	3	168.00	$168.00	$546	—
377	377	15	165.00	$165.00	$622	+6.00
430	430	4	152.50	$152.50	$656	—
456–474	466	21	148.50–151.75	$149.86	$698	+4.86
522–538	532	16	138.25–140.50	$139.67	$743	+3.17
552	552	34	141.25	$141.25	$780	+11.78
625–646	628	48	124.00–128.00	$127.40	$800	-0.60
700–712	711	25	115.00–118.50	$118.22	$841	-2.17
739 value added	739	29	124.50	$124.50	$920	—
780	780	3	116.50	$116.50	$909	—
781 value added	781	65	131.50	$131.50	$1,027	—
804–810	805	6	116.00–117.50	$117.25	$944	+4.25
930	930	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,032	—
975	975	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	135.00	$135.00	$601	-5.00
549	549	8	126.50	$126.50	$694	—
563	563	3	139.00	$139.00	$783	—
603–630	618	18	112.00–121.00	$116.61	$721	-3.22
675	675	6	116.50	$116.50	$786	+4.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	2	108.00	$108.00	$661	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	5	165.00	$165.00	$393	+16.00
268–289	282	9	149.00–159.00	$155.83	$439	—
362–382	365	37	135.00–137.00	$135.34	$494	+1.27
443	443	36	128.00	$128.00	$567	+0.25
457–461	459	26	125.25–127.00	$126.26	$580	+4.67
505–544	513	41	120.50–124.00	$123.28	$632	-0.25
551–559	558	73	118.00–124.75	$123.65	$690	+1.65
624	624	38	107.00–112.00	$110.95	$692	-7.12
703–725	708	32	103.50–111.75	$106.63	$755	-1.89
798	798	5	97.50	$97.50	$778	—
817	817	9	101.00	$101.00	$825	—
888	888	2	100.00	$100.00	$888	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	143.00	$143.00	$372	+5.50
355–380	368	6	130.00–143.00	$136.72	$503	+3.72
466	466	6	122.50	$122.50	$571	+6.82
523–543	540	13	112.00–119.00	$117.96	$637	+4.80
587–597	591	8	116.50–117.00	$116.69	$690	—
635	635	3	104.00	$104.00	$660	-4.09
668	668	2	105.00	$105.00	$701	+5.00
720	720	2	95.00	$95.00	$684	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	319	10	163.00–177.00	$174.16	$556	+5.16
369–377	370	20	150.00–161.00	$159.32	$589	+0.30
424	424	26	147.50	$147.50	$625	+2.04
454–469	463	19	145.75–147.00	$146.55	$679	+12.14
505	505	23	138.00	$138.00	$697	—
552–555	553	67	128.75–134.75	$130.55	$722	+7.05
636	636	39	116.00	$116.00	$738	+0.80
709–723	721	29	108.00–109.00	$108.17	$780	-1.83
790	790	2	97.00	$97.00	$766	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	2	148.00	$148.00	$521	+3.72
430	430	2	134.00	$134.00	$576	+5.00
460	460	8	134.75	$134.75	$620	+14.75
505–546	532	6	118.00–125.00	$120.21	$640	+4.59
560	560	6	123.50	$123.50	$692	+5.68
635–648	644	11	110.00–113.00	$111.55	$718	+0.62
680	680	1	105.00	$105.00	$714	+5.00
729	729	4	105.00	$105.00	$765	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1690	1215	85-90%	8	40.00–44.00	$42.00	$510	—
970–1700	1289	85-90%	39	45.00–53.00	$47.35	$610	+4.60
1545	1545	85-90%	1	55.50	$55.50	$857	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1550	1425	75-80%	2	48.50–49.00	$48.73	$694	-14.27
1265–1900	1521	75-80%	24	50.00–57.50	$52.33	$796	+0.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1600	1390	80-85%	14	51.00–57.50	$54.17	$753	+0.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1580	1513	2	71.00–79.00	$75.18	$1,137	+1.41
1100–2405	1869	7	80.00–90.00	$86.33	$1,614	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1150–1340	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$634.64
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1005–1600	1251	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–900.00	$806.59
1150–1450	1294	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	750.00–1,050.00	$933.45
1010–1650	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–950.00	$785.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
985–1200	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$904.92
1105	1105	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1250	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,106.91	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	79.00	$79.00	$251	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–900	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–950.00	$877.14	—

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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.