KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 16, 2023

997 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.01/cwt -4.99 vs last sale · ≈ $978/hd at 425 lb · 46 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $206.00/cwt -8.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,137/hd at 552 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $217.04/cwt -9.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,372/hd at 632 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	997	872	1,259
Feeder cattle	751	692	985
Slaughter cattle	186	129	234
Replacement cattle	60	51	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower. Lower future prices and calf health concerns are still resulting in lower demand from feeder buyers. 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
306	306	4	230.00	$230.00	$704	-7.50
378–393	387	5	230.00–235.00	$233.05	$902	-16.95
416	416	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,003	—
467–473	468	14	248.00–259.75	$257.21	$1,204	+8.21
500–541	539	26	225.00–235.00	$234.64	$1,265	—
552–553	553	10	229.00–234.00	$231.50	$1,280	-11.50
620–645	632	35	203.00–218.50	$217.04	$1,372	-9.96
670–698	690	11	204.50–217.00	$207.81	$1,434	—
713–725	715	18	205.50–206.00	$205.92	$1,472	—
800–805	803	2	187.50–190.00	$188.75	$1,516	-4.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	217.50	$217.50	$729	—
475	475	3	200.00	$200.00	$950	—
543	543	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,059	—
585	585	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,199	-2.00
600	600	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,170	—
692	692	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,280	-10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	190.00	$190.00	$722	+15.00
455	455	1	185.00	$185.00	$842	—
540	540	1	170.00	$170.00	$918	—
615	615	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,015	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,122	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–294	277	7	250.00–260.00	$253.94	$703	+0.67
361–380	363	22	225.00–236.00	$234.95	$853	-0.05
403–431	423	40	216.00–232.00	$228.14	$965	-6.86
440 fancy	440	6	242.50	$242.50	$1,067	—
496	496	29	223.00	$223.00	$1,106	-5.57
519–545	537	17	201.00–207.00	$202.70	$1,088	—
552	552	37	206.00	$206.00	$1,137	-8.00
616–619	617	31	200.00–203.00	$200.68	$1,238	+0.18
700–723	703	20	169.00–173.00	$172.38	$1,212	-20.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251	251	4	200.00	$200.00	$502	-19.38
337	337	3	212.50	$212.50	$716	—
363	363	2	195.00	$195.00	$708	-12.50
435–448	445	4	190.00–196.00	$194.53	$866	-9.47
510–540	531	10	192.00–196.00	$193.15	$1,026	—
564–572	568	13	177.00–187.00	$182.42	$1,036	—
614–639	625	13	180.00–184.00	$183.38	$1,146	-5.12
727	727	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,163	+1.30
804	804	4	152.00	$152.00	$1,222	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	10	177.50	$177.50	$525	—
308–318	313	4	182.50–190.00	$186.19	$583	—
361	361	6	162.50	$162.50	$587	-35.00
405–428	425	7	160.00–167.50	$166.48	$708	—
545	545	4	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$954	-1.00
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	-1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	3	247.50	$247.50	$619	—
306	306	4	262.50	$262.50	$803	-2.50
361	361	17	266.00	$266.00	$960	+21.00
442	442	23	265.00	$265.00	$1,171	+17.00
481–498	495	25	245.00–255.00	$253.45	$1,255	+12.01
556–576	559	32	205.00–217.00	$213.40	$1,193	-15.07
621–642	626	34	194.50–201.00	$199.43	$1,248	-7.54
704–745	710	14	174.00–186.00	$183.56	$1,303	+1.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	220.00	$220.00	$546	—
300	300	1	237.50	$237.50	$712	—
380–393	389	6	225.00–227.50	$226.69	$882	-3.96
520–545	533	2	190.00–195.00	$192.56	$1,026	-12.44
635–640	638	3	185.00–187.50	$186.67	$1,191	—
650	650	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	195.00	$195.00	$585	—
375–398	390	3	175.00–180.00	$178.40	$696	—
415	415	1	195.00	$195.00	$809	+15.00
480–495	489	4	155.00–175.00	$166.36	$814	+3.11
558	558	2	147.50	$147.50	$823	—
765	765	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,167	—
830	830	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,286	±0.00
865–875	870	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,305	—
950	950	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,449	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–975	922	85-90%	3	60.00–69.00	$65.88	$607	-0.59
770–1385	989	85-90%	8	72.50–79.00	$76.31	$755	-16.35
830–1255	1017	85-90%	18	90.00–100.00	$95.20	$968	—
825–1260	1018	85-90%	31	80.00–89.00	$84.70	$862	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1335	1194	80-85%	31	90.00–105.00	$95.44	$1,140	—
1100–1280	1201	80-85%	16	83.00–89.00	$86.76	$1,042	-8.65
1180–1240	1210	80-85%	2	73.00–78.00	$75.56	$914	-19.85

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1505	1412	75-80%	3	85.00–89.00	$86.61	$1,223	+12.61
1270–1700	1455	75-80%	46	90.00–110.00	$96.47	$1,404	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1935	1690	5	110.00–120.00	$115.91	$1,959	+0.01
1565–2060	1778	4	122.00–128.00	$123.90	$2,203	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00
1125–1200	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,475.00	$1,387.05
1100–1300	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,275.00–1,625.00	$1,533.17
1175–1440	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,150.00–1,600.00	$1,515.40

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1070	989	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	975.00–1,025.00	$1,000.68
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1045–1080	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,061.88
1060–1080	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,188.03

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850 thin fleshed	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	-50.00
1000–1080	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,675.00	$1,613.64	+138.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1120	1107	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,631.93	-18.07
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	+150.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–860 thin fleshed	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,349.71	—

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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.