KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 13, 2023

853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $227.25/cwt +8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,283/hd at 565 lb · 51 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $228.50/cwt +23.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,417/hd at 620 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $218.94/cwt +2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 480 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	853	758	1,232
Feeder cattle	723	618	907
Slaughter cattle	83	94	254
Replacement cattle	47	46	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to the July 4th holiday last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,008	-19.41
455	455	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,101	+8.71
518	518	2	233.00	$233.00	$1,207	—
541 value added	541	6	250.50	$250.50	$1,355	-7.09
556–559 value added	557	40	245.00	$245.00	$1,365	-7.12
610–621	620	28	221.00–235.00	$234.11	$1,451	+0.03
649 value added	649	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,558	-6.00
657 value added	657	7	246.00	$246.00	$1,616	-9.75
651–698	690	34	212.00–230.00	$214.68	$1,481	-10.32
740	740	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,532	-11.50
758	758	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,592	—
824	824	10	205.00	$205.00	$1,689	+14.00
880–883	882	4	185.00–194.00	$191.76	$1,691	—
963	963	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,733	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	230.00	$230.00	$904	—
415–443	436	6	203.00–217.50	$207.64	$905	—
460	460	1	212.50	$212.50	$978	—
527	527	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,112	-4.00
568	568	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,181	—
790	790	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	180.00	$180.00	$810	—
525	525	1	185.00	$185.00	$971	—
625	625	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,031	—
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	+21.26
740	740	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,369	—
780	780	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,326	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,046	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253 fancy	253	2	275.00	$275.00	$696	—
262	262	3	255.00	$255.00	$668	+20.00
314 fancy	314	10	250.00	$250.00	$785	—
314–337	326	6	225.00–237.50	$234.68	$765	—
361	361	4	230.00	$230.00	$830	-8.00
371 fancy	371	26	243.00	$243.00	$902	—
432	432	23	226.00	$226.00	$976	+3.56
452–491	480	42	214.00–221.00	$218.94	$1,051	+2.25
540	540	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,226	+11.00
560–576	564	42	216.00–228.50	$225.16	$1,270	+24.54
567 value added	567	9	237.00	$237.00	$1,344	+11.22
619–645	620	45	220.00–234.50	$228.50	$1,417	+39.50
664	664	6	221.00	$221.00	$1,467	—
709	709	9	208.00	$208.00	$1,475	+32.57
777	777	6	187.00	$187.00	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	210.00	$210.00	$567	—
315	315	1	220.00	$220.00	$693	+5.00
393	393	6	214.00	$214.00	$841	—
408–445	417	4	200.00–202.50	$201.83	$842	—
520–535	531	8	209.00–213.00	$209.98	$1,115	—
570	570	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,134	—
611–620	617	13	196.00–206.00	$199.05	$1,228	—
724	724	9	188.00	$188.00	$1,361	+30.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	181.00–185.00	$182.00	$792	—
455	455	1	195.00	$195.00	$887	+15.00
560–570	565	2	165.00–175.00	$170.04	$961	—
663	663	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,193	—
742	742	6	152.00	$152.00	$1,128	—
875–890	880	4	150.00–160.00	$154.76	$1,362	—
1035	1035	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,459	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	2	164.00	$164.00	$809	—
653	653	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,019	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313 fancy	313	11	290.00	$290.00	$908	+25.00
329	329	5	242.00	$242.00	$796	-2.22
366 fancy	366	15	285.00	$285.00	$1,043	+20.00
389	389	5	242.50	$242.50	$943	-2.16
430	430	25	240.50	$240.50	$1,034	—
489	489	21	227.25	$227.25	$1,111	-5.65
554	554	18	231.00	$231.00	$1,280	+21.00
608–610	609	23	207.00–221.50	$215.84	$1,314	+20.63
664	664	9	203.00	$203.00	$1,348	—
717	717	9	202.00	$202.00	$1,448	+18.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	200.00	$200.00	$680	—
365–390	373	6	195.00–225.00	$201.64	$752	—
415–428	424	3	205.00–212.00	$209.71	$889	—
454–460	456	10	212.00–215.00	$213.79	$975	—
515	515	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,061	—
556–569	560	13	205.00–213.00	$210.50	$1,179	—
633	633	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,209	+28.50
705	705	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,276	+21.00
824	824	5	169.50	$169.50	$1,397	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–318	315	4	160.00–165.00	$161.21	$508	-13.79
435–442	440	4	175.00–184.00	$181.78	$800	—
455–460	458	2	175.00–190.00	$182.54	$836	+7.54
500–505	503	2	160.00–190.00	$175.07	$881	+32.57
550–590	578	4	170.00–185.00	$176.10	$1,018	—
615	615	2	150.00	$150.00	$922	—
1010	1010	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,202	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	4	164.00	$164.00	$907	—
618	618	2	149.00	$149.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1370	1370	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1040	950	85-90%	2	58.00–67.00	$62.07	$590	—
885–1065	963	85-90%	4	98.00–105.00	$100.43	$967	—
800–1200	964	85-90%	14	83.00–94.00	$89.46	$862	—
845–1165	966	85-90%	10	72.00–81.00	$76.71	$741	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1590	1408	75-80%	3	96.00–97.00	$96.62	$1,360	—
1160–2020	1493	75-80%	21	100.00–120.00	$107.61	$1,607	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$951	-6.35
1155–1290	1234	80-85%	4	87.00–99.00	$94.40	$1,165	—
1115–1440	1252	80-85%	12	102.00–117.00	$106.15	$1,329	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1310	1205	2	104.00–108.00	$105.83	$1,275	—
1365–2035	1785	8	114.00–127.00	$120.72	$2,155	-11.63
1630–2130	1961	4	129.00–134.00	$130.89	$2,567	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190 thin fleshed	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1255 thin fleshed	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1115–1430	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,110.00–1,375.00	$1,295.09
1200–1460	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,050.00–1,460.00	$1,332.31
1535 fancy	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
910–975	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

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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
1460	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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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.