KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 8, 2021

955 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.84/cwt -2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 481 lb · 79 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.53/cwt +3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 681 lb · 56 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.17/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 437 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	955	1,011	774
Feeder cattle	830	842	708
Slaughter cattle	83	109	49
Replacement cattle	42	60	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand on a high quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher in good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–318	314	8	191.00–195.00	$192.47	$604	—
352–370	362	13	176.00–177.00	$176.45	$639	-0.55
413–443	434	9	161.00–170.00	$168.10	$730	-9.90
473	473	11	168.00	$168.00	$795	-1.00
505–540	535	15	153.00–157.00	$156.50	$837	-0.21
537 value added	537	8	165.50	$165.50	$889	—
590	590	2	146.00	$146.00	$861	-11.00
605–639	620	24	137.00–143.50	$141.27	$876	-1.23
658–659	659	7	135.00–136.00	$135.43	$892	—
720–739	733	6	125.00–125.50	$125.16	$917	-0.34
752–756 value added	755	34	130.50–133.50	$132.62	$1,001	—
758–798	789	12	121.00–127.00	$124.86	$985	+1.36
805–833	823	8	120.00–123.50	$121.28	$998	+3.78
882	882	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,050	+6.00
930	930	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,000	—
995	995	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,114	-1.00
1045	1045	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,202	+6.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	165.00	$165.00	$503	—
415–435	428	3	133.00–135.00	$134.32	$575	-24.99
465–475	472	3	127.50–137.50	$133.37	$630	-30.63
528–531	530	8	138.00–141.00	$139.50	$739	—
645	645	1	127.00	$127.00	$819	-4.50
785	785	1	117.50	$117.50	$922	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	160.00	$160.00	$368	—
278–295	282	5	145.00–151.00	$149.35	$421	+4.11
328–330	329	3	152.50–157.00	$155.49	$512	+5.49
370–375 value added	372	40	166.00–176.00	$170.78	$635	—
350–391	376	8	153.00–157.50	$155.93	$586	+2.05
413–449	437	49	145.00–156.00	$154.17	$674	-1.08
464–470 value added	465	24	160.00	$160.00	$744	—
477–491	488	55	144.00–150.00	$146.85	$717	-6.32
510–543	530	46	132.00–145.00	$138.42	$734	+5.49
563–567	565	18	132.00–135.00	$133.66	$755	+2.04
608–615	613	23	123.00–130.00	$129.18	$792	+5.49
652–696	681	56	121.00–130.00	$128.53	$875	+7.17
709–725	715	18	116.00–126.50	$122.98	$879	+5.48
758	758	13	125.25	$125.25	$949	—
806	806	8	115.00	$115.00	$927	+4.00
915	915	3	105.00	$105.00	$961	±0.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	+6.61
270	270	1	140.00	$140.00	$378	—
370–385	378	3	137.50–145.00	$140.88	$533	+1.88
460–475	468	2	127.50–130.00	$128.77	$603	—
510–528	523	4	125.00–127.50	$126.62	$662	+2.62
595	595	1	122.50	$122.50	$729	—
770–785	780	3	111.00–112.00	$111.33	$868	—
835	835	2	110.00	$110.00	$918	+6.00
925	925	1	86.00	$86.00	$796	—

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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
273–290	277	—	—	4	185.00–200.00	$196.08	$543	—
345	345	—	—	3	175.00	$175.00	$604	-9.00
362 fancy	362	—	—	6	178.00	$178.00	$644	—
370–385	383	—	—	6	160.00–161.00	$160.84	$616	-11.97
413–431	428	—	—	39	162.50–168.50	$166.33	$712	-1.77
457–491	478	—	—	46	161.00–170.00	$164.18	$785	-4.24
520–549	543	—	—	41	144.00–153.50	$152.72	$829	—
616–617	616	—	—	26	135.00	$135.00	$832	-0.50
705–735	720	—	—	2	116.00–118.00	$117.02	$843	+4.02
723–738 fancy	728	—	—	18	124.00	$124.00	$903	—
808	808	—	—	6	113.00	$113.00	$913	—
895	895	—	—	1	101.00	$101.00	$904	—
905	905	—	—	1	99.00	$99.00	$896	—
1670–1740	1705	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	120.00–121.50	$120.73	$2,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	175.00	$175.00	$490	—
320	320	1	155.00	$155.00	$496	-10.00
405	405	2	142.50–150.00	$146.25	$592	-13.75
470	470	1	139.00	$139.00	$653	-23.00
508–525	514	3	135.00–140.00	$138.30	$711	-1.70

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1285	1205	80-85%	4	56.00–61.00	$58.82	$709	—
1015–1435	1212	80-85%	23	62.00–69.00	$65.71	$796	—
1160–1400	1282	80-85%	7	71.00–75.00	$72.69	$932	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1200	939	85-90%	5	63.00–67.00	$64.61	$607	—
895–970	945	85-90%	4	42.00–51.50	$47.22	$446	—
885–1370	1083	85-90%	16	52.00–61.50	$56.05	$607	+6.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	52.50	$52.50	$693	—
1320–1665	1436	75-80%	7	63.00–68.50	$66.43	$954	—
1415–1670	1542	75-80%	3	69.50–70.00	$69.82	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1500	1393	4	77.00–83.00	$80.56	$1,122	—
1230–2100	1589	7	87.50–96.00	$91.48	$1,454	+4.16
1860–2015	1922	3	98.50–102.00	$100.13	$1,924	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
885–1090	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–1,125.00	$968.16
940–1060	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$726.50
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1025–1330	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,100.00	$1,000.64
1215	1215	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1070–1390	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–925.00	$892.38
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
1160–1415	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,176.12

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.