KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 16, 2021

1,111 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.06/cwt +21.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,286/hd at 804 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $156.14/cwt +0.14 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 541 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.03/cwt +2.24 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 490 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,111	1,031	758
Feeder cattle	862	796	542
Slaughter cattle	179	178	109
Replacement cattle	70	57	107

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–248	244	3	160.00–167.50	$165.09	$403	—
359	359	6	194.00	$194.00	$696	—
420	420	3	161.00	$161.00	$676	-8.00
466	466	8	163.00	$163.00	$760	-1.70
536	536	24	168.00	$168.00	$900	—
593	593	14	163.75	$163.75	$971	-4.04
621–623	621	22	145.00–151.00	$149.50	$928	+3.60
698	698	5	146.50	$146.50	$1,023	—
700–730	723	16	142.00–142.50	$142.44	$1,030	+1.07
800 value added	800	64	162.00	$162.00	$1,296	—
834–848	838	7	142.00–143.00	$142.29	$1,192	+3.79
865	865	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,254	+23.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	142.50	$142.50	$382	-8.59
338	338	2	165.00	$165.00	$558	—
520	520	1	155.00	$155.00	$806	+17.16
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	+4.99
708	708	2	134.00	$134.00	$949	+9.57
823	823	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,111	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
213	213	2	148.00	$148.00	$315	-9.00
250–262	256	6	148.00–152.00	$150.05	$384	+7.95
300–333	311	6	149.00–156.00	$153.50	$477	—
365–367	366	22	150.50–155.00	$151.73	$555	+2.77
428–439	431	34	141.00	$141.00	$608	-4.00
489–493	490	45	142.50–145.50	$145.03	$711	+2.24
537–548	540	22	135.00–136.00	$135.77	$733	-2.81
553	553	39	139.50	$139.50	$771	+7.77
618–643	626	34	125.00–126.50	$125.31	$784	-0.93
650–655	653	6	123.00	$123.00	$803	-4.21
718	718	2	122.00	$122.00	$876	—
711–724 value added	719	11	128.50–129.00	$128.68	$925	-3.32
751 value added	751	17	129.50	$129.50	$973	—
972	972	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,011	-14.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	139.00	$139.00	$403	—
307–340	324	7	140.00–145.00	$142.91	$463	+12.84
375	375	2	131.00	$131.00	$491	-3.45
426–440	436	19	132.00–137.50	$136.54	$595	+11.54
478	478	2	134.50	$134.50	$643	—
588	588	2	116.00	$116.00	$682	-11.00
698	698	8	107.00–115.00	$113.00	$789	-3.00
710	710	1	116.00	$116.00	$824	+6.00
840	840	2	79.00	$79.00	$664	-13.46

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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
301	301	—	—	6	182.00	$182.00	$548	-13.00
373	373	—	—	11	191.50	$191.50	$714	+2.50
431–443	433	—	—	31	163.00–170.00	$169.07	$732	-5.93
462–490	482	—	—	41	164.00–167.50	$164.88	$795	+5.88
511–548	541	—	—	49	155.50–162.00	$156.14	$845	+0.14
604–617	614	—	—	31	141.50–144.50	$143.74	$883	+6.74
650–688	669	—	—	8	133.50–139.00	$136.17	$911	—
720–738	726	—	—	15	126.00–130.50	$128.98	$936	+2.23
804	804	—	—	10	120.75	$120.75	$971	—
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,000	—
1565	1565	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,236	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	156.00–170.00	$160.67	$506	—
377–398	388	7	150.00–161.00	$157.19	$610	-10.31
400–445	424	5	141.00–155.00	$149.22	$633	+2.98
450–488	473	7	146.00–149.00	$147.16	$696	—
510	510	2	132.00	$132.00	$673	—
555–598	581	5	108.00–122.00	$116.65	$678	-26.81
635	635	2	132.00	$132.00	$838	+8.99
843	843	2	111.00	$111.00	$936	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	2	106.00	$106.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1225	1074	85-90%	8	44.00–48.00	$45.90	$493	—
1000–1450	1199	85-90%	22	49.00–59.00	$54.26	$651	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1850	1559	75-80%	16	52.00–59.50	$56.26	$877	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1360	1252	80-85%	13	54.50–62.50	$58.76	$736	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1650	1256	12	74.00–82.00	$76.79	$964	—
1000–2475	1892	10	84.00–92.00	$87.53	$1,656	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1350	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	530.00–725.00	$609.52
1000–1550	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–1,075.00	$870.81
1140–1450	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	650.00–985.00	$774.28
1100–1550	1399	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	500.00–730.00	$670.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1150	1021	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	790.00–800.00	$793.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
850–1150	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	630.00–875.00	$770.88

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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	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.