KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 22, 2023

699 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $210.39/cwt -12.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 491 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $218.57/cwt -11.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,365/hd at 624 lb · 29 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $197.30/cwt -6.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,240/hd at 629 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	699	683	577
Feeder cattle	586	543	403
Slaughter cattle	102	112	131
Replacement cattle	11	28	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeders steers and heifers sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Bull calves traded sharply lower. Feeder buyer demand was sluggish on a plain offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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
298	298	3	240.00	$240.00	$715	—
379	379	5	251.00	$251.00	$951	+31.00
463 fancy	463	12	248.00	$248.00	$1,148	-12.00
526–535 value added	528	20	243.00	$243.00	$1,283	-14.00
620–626 value added	621	24	221.50–222.00	$221.60	$1,376	-8.40
641	641	5	204.00	$204.00	$1,308	—
715–735 value added	732	7	209.00–214.00	$209.70	$1,535	+1.70
744	744	4	198.00	$198.00	$1,473	—
785 value added	785	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,601	—
807–835	814	4	190.00–196.00	$194.46	$1,583	+0.46
1108	1108	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,762	—
1185	1185	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	187.50	$187.50	$834	—
500–545	533	5	183.00–185.00	$183.78	$980	+6.28
580	580	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,058	—
613–615	614	5	185.00–192.00	$189.19	$1,162	+14.19
680	680	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,183	—
923	923	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	212.00	$212.00	$922	—
553	553	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,150	—
630	630	3	199.00	$199.00	$1,254	—
683	683	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,352	—
780	780	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,365	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	185.00	$185.00	$990	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	3	240.00–255.00	$250.06	$695	-2.31
315 fancy	315	10	253.00	$253.00	$797	—
369 fancy	369	7	247.00	$247.00	$911	-19.00
432	432	10	234.00	$234.00	$1,011	+16.08
458–496	491	46	206.00–211.00	$210.39	$1,033	-12.81
552 value added	552	25	210.00	$210.00	$1,159	-11.00
626	626	20	196.00	$196.00	$1,227	+6.00
636 value added	636	7	201.00	$201.00	$1,278	-8.00
671	671	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,275	—
706	706	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,165	-13.00
835	835	6	152.00	$152.00	$1,269	—
850–885	868	2	152.50–157.50	$154.95	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	220.00	$220.00	$825	—
524	524	14	191.00	$191.00	$1,001	—
553–569	567	13	181.00–186.00	$185.25	$1,050	—
656	656	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	200.00	$200.00	$786	+14.94
453–465	460	5	192.00–192.50	$192.30	$885	+20.53
520	520	1	180.00	$180.00	$936	—
613–636	624	16	151.00–176.00	$165.52	$1,033	—
750	750	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,005	—
847	847	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,143	—
950–960	955	2	132.50–137.50	$134.99	$1,289	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,070	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	225.00–235.00	$230.06	$513	-4.94
260	260	1	255.00	$255.00	$663	—
301 fancy	301	5	270.00	$270.00	$813	+10.00
305–345	325	2	220.00–232.50	$226.63	$737	-3.87
355	355	2	230.00	$230.00	$816	-13.16
363 fancy	363	13	262.00	$262.00	$951	-35.50
425 fancy	425	16	235.00	$235.00	$999	-12.00
447–449	448	7	207.00–211.00	$209.29	$938	-24.71
494	494	24	211.00	$211.00	$1,042	—
545 fancy	545	12	221.50	$221.50	$1,207	-9.50
555	555	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,116	—
623 fancy	623	24	211.00	$211.00	$1,315	-4.50
663	663	6	193.00	$193.00	$1,280	—
722 fancy	722	9	197.00	$197.00	$1,422	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	13	192.00	$192.00	$1,039	—
628	628	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,231	—
802	802	7	174.50	$174.50	$1,399	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	205.00	$205.00	$789	—
400	400	1	190.00	$190.00	$760	—
475	475	1	194.00	$194.00	$922	—
505–540	517	3	160.00–185.00	$168.71	$872	—
580–595	588	2	180.00–189.00	$184.44	$1,085	—
675–695	687	5	169.00–170.00	$169.61	$1,165	—
780	780	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,306	—
800	800	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,260	—
860	860	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,333	—
905	905	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,290	—
970	970	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,358	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,161	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1200	989	85-90%	18	67.50–79.00	$76.09	$753	-0.17
910–1155	1016	85-90%	17	80.00–90.00	$85.33	$867	-12.77
1075–1175	1125	85-90%	2	64.00–66.00	$64.96	$731	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1335	1228	80-85%	17	80.00–91.00	$86.93	$1,068	-0.28
1100–1415	1240	80-85%	13	92.50–112.00	$99.97	$1,240	+12.76
1180–1320	1252	80-85%	5	73.00–79.00	$76.40	$957	—
1260–1315	1288	80-85%	2	52.50–65.00	$58.88	$758	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1615	1440	75-80%	16	93.00–110.00	$98.61	$1,420	—
1285–1770	1469	75-80%	6	87.00–91.00	$89.52	$1,315	-7.99

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1810	1498	3	116.00–118.00	$116.81	$1,750	—
1380–1730	1555	2	103.00–110.00	$106.89	$1,662	—
1870–2015	1943	2	124.00–135.00	$129.29	$2,512	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1230–1405	1333	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,425.00	$1,355.84

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00

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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
1035 thin fleshed	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.