KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 28, 2023

798 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $247.63/cwt -13.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,325/hd at 535 lb · 73 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.57/cwt -2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,140/hd at 488 lb · 71 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.00/cwt -1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,293/hd at 555 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	798	1,056	912
Feeder cattle	675	910	778
Slaughter cattle	93	123	117
Replacement cattle	30	23	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 7.00-9.00 lower with a few being sharply lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady and bull calves were 7.00-9.00 lower. Feeder buyers showed good demand but today's prices reflected their concerns for calf health during the month of October. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00-7.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	240.00	$240.00	$936	-45.00
438 fancy	438	6	267.00	$267.00	$1,169	—
467 fancy	467	10	256.00	$256.00	$1,196	—
465–470	468	4	230.00–250.00	$237.49	$1,111	-31.03
520 value added	520	12	259.00	$259.00	$1,347	—
505–543	538	61	229.00–250.00	$245.39	$1,320	-16.17
630–640	639	31	227.50–238.00	$237.33	$1,517	+0.80
650	650	5	217.00–227.50	$223.30	$1,451	-10.98
702–735	718	6	208.00–223.00	$216.84	$1,557	-9.29
765	765	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,668	-11.50
818	818	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,865	+17.50
1082	1082	3	191.00	$191.00	$2,067	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	202.50	$202.50	$658	-12.50
515	515	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,043	-18.50
585	585	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,243	+5.90

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,398	—
1050	1050	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,706	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–283	269	4	227.50–240.00	$233.42	$628	-14.08
311 fancy	311	6	270.00	$270.00	$840	—
301–349	328	9	245.00–247.50	$246.02	$807	+1.02
358	358	2	260.00	$260.00	$931	+14.60
376 fancy	376	12	271.00	$271.00	$1,019	—
426	426	37	241.00	$241.00	$1,027	+7.00
458–492	488	71	223.00–235.00	$233.57	$1,140	-2.43
505	505	10	225.00	$225.00	$1,136	—
555 value added	555	47	233.00	$233.00	$1,293	—
625	625	26	215.00	$215.00	$1,344	-2.21
718–741	729	19	200.00–211.00	$204.87	$1,494	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	235.00	$235.00	$858	+20.04
473–490	479	3	200.00–217.50	$211.53	$1,013	-7.47
510–529	528	15	205.00–207.00	$206.87	$1,092	+5.87
558	558	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,155	—
621–637	630	9	206.00–207.00	$206.44	$1,301	+13.57
830	830	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,502	—
1005	1005	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,759	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	3	197.00	$197.00	$959	—
510–540	520	3	175.00–185.00	$178.46	$928	-16.54
550–590	560	5	167.50–192.50	$176.73	$990	-3.27
660–690	680	3	182.50–192.50	$185.74	$1,263	+18.51
710	710	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,321	—
830	830	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,394	+6.78
970	970	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,625	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,198	—
685	685	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,302	—
743	743	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,389	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	247.50	$247.50	$507	—
250	250	1	262.50	$262.50	$656	-2.50
300 fancy	300	4	277.50	$277.50	$832	—
360 fancy	360	20	270.00	$270.00	$972	-15.00
395	395	1	240.00	$240.00	$948	-10.00
428–445	429	19	245.00–254.00	$253.51	$1,088	-3.14
471–489	487	32	238.00–246.00	$245.03	$1,193	+10.03
513–548	541	20	227.50–237.50	$231.62	$1,253	—
625	625	18	226.00	$226.00	$1,412	-6.25
710–711	711	5	200.00–214.00	$211.20	$1,502	+1.20
783	783	9	201.00	$201.00	$1,574	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–333	322	3	200.00–225.00	$217.24	$700	+4.21
443	443	3	215.00	$215.00	$952	-5.00
539	539	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,143	+5.65
550	550	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,196	—
620–639	637	10	206.00–215.00	$207.53	$1,322	—
650	650	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,365	+10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	177.50	$177.50	$760	—
500	500	1	195.00	$195.00	$975	+3.70
593	593	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,142	+20.21
770	770	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,328	+5.50
900	900	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,395	—
955	955	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,337	-2.50
1030	1030	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,380	—
1068	1068	6	137.50	$137.50	$1,468	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1370	1300	75-80%	2	100.00–119.00	$108.99	$1,417	—
1250–1700	1416	75-80%	26	85.00–98.00	$91.13	$1,290	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1195	1153	80-85%	5	100.00–108.00	$104.99	$1,211	—
1100–1280	1177	80-85%	3	72.00–83.00	$79.57	$937	—
1095–1310	1214	80-85%	15	85.00–94.00	$87.64	$1,064	-18.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1070	973	85-90%	10	74.00–85.00	$79.22	$771	—
880–1275	989	85-90%	7	100.00–127.50	$106.34	$1,052	—
935–1070	990	85-90%	5	87.00–95.00	$89.94	$890	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1460	1310	2	95.00–104.00	$98.98	$1,297	—
1155–1990	1603	5	107.00–116.00	$111.47	$1,787	—
1380–1880	1620	3	118.00–120.00	$119.10	$1,929	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1190	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,285.00–1,300.00	$1,292.21
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1225–1320	1264	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	960.00–1,035.00	$999.50
1215–1490	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,600.00	$1,325.19

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
850–1010	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	925.00–1,350.00	$1,190.89
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

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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
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.