KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 6, 2021

1,130 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.71/cwt -3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 477 lb · 73 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.25/cwt -1.32 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 557 lb · 60 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $143.44/cwt -4.97 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 479 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,130	515	658
Feeder cattle	917	427	467
Slaughter cattle	165	77	64
Replacement cattle	48	11	127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls traded steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	182.50	$182.50	$392	—
250–285	273	3	175.00–177.50	$175.76	$480	-6.74
415	415	4	166.00	$166.00	$689	—
473	473	29	151.00	$151.00	$714	—
550–564	553	34	143.00–149.50	$144.98	$802	-1.34
617–628	622	34	132.50–137.00	$134.86	$839	-0.54
656–658	657	8	119.00–121.00	$120.50	$792	-9.28
715–727	724	19	115.00–119.00	$117.96	$854	-9.36
802	802	5	119.00	$119.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	-17.50
462–495	470	8	130.00–143.00	$139.58	$656	-2.42
527–541	535	11	130.50–136.00	$133.54	$714	-7.46
635	635	1	126.00	$126.00	$800	-2.00
692–698	694	7	115.00–115.50	$115.36	$801	—
749	749	6	110.00	$110.00	$824	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	2	101.00	$101.00	$609	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	3	145.00	$145.00	$439	-18.00
354–373	362	27	141.00–144.50	$143.03	$518	-11.97
439	439	33	144.00	$144.00	$632	-6.00
456–495	477	73	142.00–145.00	$142.71	$681	-3.74
525–530	528	24	130.00–136.50	$133.54	$705	-8.46
553–554	553	41	125.00–131.50	$130.39	$721	-3.18
565 value added	565	19	136.25	$136.25	$770	—
606–630	614	38	118.50–119.75	$119.41	$733	-2.25
676	676	7	112.00	$112.00	$757	-8.00
703–740	716	17	105.00–110.00	$106.75	$764	-3.95
772–798	777	13	103.00–105.00	$104.08	$809	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	2	135.00	$135.00	$348	—
300–315	305	3	129.00–138.00	$134.90	$411	—
350–398	375	12	123.00–134.00	$127.65	$479	-19.35
423	423	13	129.00	$129.00	$546	-2.49
456–477	463	20	127.00–131.00	$129.56	$600	-2.44
510–545	535	13	120.00–125.50	$124.65	$667	-2.37
585	585	3	124.00	$124.00	$725	-2.00
678	678	2	104.00	$104.00	$705	-10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	100.00	$100.00	$615	—

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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
310	310	—	—	1	173.00	$173.00	$536	-3.60
350–362	361	—	—	20	165.00–175.00	$174.52	$630	-7.05
429	429	—	—	40	149.50	$149.50	$641	-10.50
464–487	479	—	—	54	142.50–144.00	$143.44	$687	-4.97
517	517	—	—	11	130.00	$130.00	$672	—
550	550	—	—	23	133.75	$133.75	$736	-6.43
614	614	—	—	20	128.50	$128.50	$789	+1.36
715	715	—	—	21	115.00	$115.00	$822	-2.00
810–820	813	—	—	4	91.00–95.00	$93.99	$764	-14.14
1400	1400	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,680	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	160.00	$160.00	$557	+10.00
365–385	369	6	156.00–160.00	$158.65	$585	-3.35
446	446	5	142.50	$142.50	$636	—
454–485	462	18	125.50–138.00	$131.23	$606	—
500–545	526	8	117.00–123.00	$120.59	$634	+0.59
611	611	8	121.00	$121.00	$739	—
670	670	2	109.00	$109.00	$730	—
715	715	1	106.00	$106.00	$758	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1200	1043	85-90%	12	49.50–55.50	$52.90	$552	—
900–1400	1196	85-90%	37	56.00–65.50	$61.59	$737	+0.40
1050–1400	1217	85-90%	3	67.00–69.50	$68.10	$829	-1.25

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1770	1307	80-85%	25	65.00–72.00	$68.37	$894	+0.10
1320	1320	80-85%	1	63.00	$63.00	$832	-5.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1650	1498	75-80%	20	65.00–73.00	$69.07	$1,035	+3.33
1505	1505	75-80%	1	62.50	$62.50	$941	—
1600	1600	75-80%	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,184	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1775	1456	5	82.00–87.00	$85.14	$1,240	—
1675	1675	1	103.50	$103.50	$1,734	+13.35
1530–2080	1762	10	89.50–97.00	$93.51	$1,648	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1100–1450	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,068.79
1100–1690	1416	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,100.00	$1,020.94

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
850	850	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
975	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1300–1450	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,442.40	—

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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	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
950–985	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–925.00	$908.13	—

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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.