KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 10, 2020

1,020 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.02/cwt -1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 564 lb · 58 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $142.49/cwt -4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 473 lb · 57 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $130.64/cwt +0.09 vs last sale · ≈ $721/hd at 552 lb · 51 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,020	1,285	1,117
Feeder cattle	835	1,046	979
Slaughter cattle	125	164	113
Replacement cattle	60	75	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	-21.00
287	287	6	174.00	$174.00	$499	-0.32
390	390	2	150.00	$150.00	$585	-15.00
480	480	13	146.50	$146.50	$703	-3.36
541	541	6	143.00	$143.00	$774	+3.33
562–568	563	18	137.50–140.00	$137.92	$776	-3.33
605–646	642	27	123.00–128.25	$127.05	$816	-0.35
681	681	7	124.00	$124.00	$844	—
710–734	720	18	118.00–123.00	$120.53	$868	+2.31
781	781	7	119.00	$119.00	$929	+2.50
809–833	814	10	107.00–112.00	$110.98	$903	-6.27
860	860	3	110.00	$110.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	3	159.00	$159.00	$474	—
422–440	429	5	142.00	$142.00	$609	+7.00
517–538	525	5	132.00–134.00	$132.82	$697	+6.32
636	636	6	118.00	$118.00	$750	+1.39
680	680	1	113.00	$113.00	$768	-3.50
773	773	2	110.00	$110.00	$850	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	132.50–137.50	$135.00	$304	-30.00
265	265	4	131.00	$131.00	$347	-24.83
300	300	7	146.00	$146.00	$438	—
370–372	371	32	136.00–139.50	$138.18	$513	+2.84
437–443	441	49	129.00–130.00	$129.17	$570	+1.17
491	491	18	125.50	$125.50	$616	-0.76
542–548	543	26	116.75–125.00	$118.67	$644	-4.61
559–594	564	58	118.50–123.50	$122.02	$688	-1.63
616–636	627	41	110.50–113.00	$111.58	$700	+0.63
676–695	680	9	110.25–112.00	$110.65	$752	—
713–715	714	5	108.00–112.00	$109.60	$783	+2.97
775–793	789	4	103.00–104.00	$103.75	$819	+6.25
854	854	5	99.50	$99.50	$850	-0.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	128.00	$128.00	$349	-15.00
360–364	363	9	122.00–130.00	$128.24	$466	-8.48
447	447	3	111.00	$111.00	$496	—
450	450	1	113.00	$113.00	$508	-9.50
550	550	1	112.00	$112.00	$616	—
678	678	2	103.00	$103.00	$698	-2.00
714–729	718	18	103.00–104.50	$104.08	$747	+9.08

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	340	—	—	14	160.00–165.00	$160.85	$547	-13.31
356	356	—	—	7	166.00	$166.00	$591	+6.68
429	429	—	—	25	147.50	$147.50	$633	±0.00
458–489	473	—	—	57	142.00–143.00	$142.49	$674	-4.06
541–548	545	—	—	22	124.50–126.75	$125.94	$686	—
551–554	552	—	—	51	130.00–132.50	$130.64	$721	+0.09
619–629	621	—	—	30	121.00–122.50	$121.30	$753	+5.30
701–734	712	—	—	21	107.00–110.50	$108.20	$770	+0.03
816	816	—	—	19	106.50	$106.50	$869	—
925	925	—	—	2	89.00	$89.00	$823	—
875–1060	968	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	85.00–90.00	$87.74	$849	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	140.00	$140.00	$462	—
355–373	367	3	147.00–150.00	$147.97	$543	-0.03
400–441	429	7	122.00–136.50	$132.64	$569	-1.36
463	463	2	134.00	$134.00	$620	-0.75
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-5.21
620–642	638	11	108.00–115.00	$113.76	$726	+2.21
690	690	2	103.00	$103.00	$711	-2.00
726	726	5	106.00	$106.00	$770	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1655	1241	85-90%	32	42.50–50.00	$45.67	$567	+3.67
1185–1430	1279	85-90%	7	37.50–40.00	$38.67	$495	-8.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	45.50	$45.50	$598	—
1270–1645	1497	75-80%	17	45.00–54.50	$49.30	$738	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1700	1340	80-85%	11	48.50–56.50	$51.31	$688	—
1635	1635	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$736	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1810	1500	2	64.50–73.50	$69.93	$1,049	-5.25
1365–1890	1706	6	76.00–87.00	$79.25	$1,352	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1100–1250	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,048.40
950–1250	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	925.00–1,150.00	$1,083.26
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1050–1500	1299	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	725.00–975.00	$889.37
1150–1450	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–825.00	$725.48

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–950	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–1,025.00	$931.76
850–950	917	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–950.00	$872.73

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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
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1250–1300	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,150.00	$1,067.16	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.