KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 30, 2023

985 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $192.78/cwt -13.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,066/hd at 553 lb · 45 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $187.50/cwt -11.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,159/hd at 618 lb · 42 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $200.78/cwt -1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,026/hd at 511 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	985	997	1,270
Feeder cattle	804	751	1,023
Slaughter cattle	145	186	222
Replacement cattle	36	60	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to the market closure 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
250–285	262	3	240.00–242.50	$240.91	$631	—
330	330	2	232.50	$232.50	$767	+2.50
354	354	6	243.00	$243.00	$860	+9.95
412–441	429	7	236.00–248.00	$243.06	$1,043	+2.06
460	460	15	247.00	$247.00	$1,136	-10.21
530–545	540	37	230.00–244.00	$234.46	$1,266	-0.18
636	636	12	214.00	$214.00	$1,361	-3.04
707	707	26	195.00	$195.00	$1,379	-10.92
805–825	823	14	182.50–191.00	$189.98	$1,564	+1.23
1014	1014	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	180.00	$180.00	$576	—
380	380	1	195.00	$195.00	$741	+5.00
445	445	1	180.00	$180.00	$801	—
455–485	470	2	189.00–190.00	$189.52	$891	+4.52
515–548	545	11	175.00–186.00	$185.06	$1,009	+15.06
593	593	2	165.00	$165.00	$978	—
620–635	633	6	171.00–182.00	$180.20	$1,141	+15.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–463	459	6	203.50–206.00	$204.32	$938	+4.32
548	548	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,140	+13.00
650	650	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,261	—
765	765	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,377	—
876	876	7	161.00	$161.00	$1,410	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,966	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–245	224	4	232.50–235.00	$233.63	$523	—
296	296	3	227.50	$227.50	$673	-26.44
306	306	7	230.00	$230.00	$704	—
361–366	363	11	227.00–228.00	$227.46	$826	-7.49
374 fancy	374	15	243.00	$243.00	$909	—
438–442	439	28	202.50–215.00	$210.51	$924	-17.63
454	454	14	206.00	$206.00	$935	—
500–539	511	38	198.00–202.00	$200.78	$1,026	-1.92
552–553	553	45	191.00–193.00	$192.78	$1,066	-13.22
604–621	618	37	187.50–189.50	$187.87	$1,161	-12.81
675	675	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,181	—
701–713	704	8	160.00–165.00	$163.73	$1,153	-8.65
755	755	13	171.00	$171.00	$1,291	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
221	221	4	217.50	$217.50	$481	—
285–291	290	6	200.00–210.00	$208.36	$604	+30.86
315–335	322	3	177.50–200.00	$185.31	$597	-0.88
380	380	4	205.00	$205.00	$779	+42.50
410–448	436	11	172.50–195.00	$187.83	$819	+21.35
450–462	460	6	172.00–177.50	$172.90	$795	—
533–538	536	5	174.00–180.00	$176.39	$945	+1.39
582	582	5	183.00	$183.00	$1,065	+13.00
650	650	2	152.50	$152.50	$991	—
708	708	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,069	—
785	785	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,099	—
810	810	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,223	—
854–890	861	5	126.00–142.50	$129.41	$1,114	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	175.00	$175.00	$822	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263 fancy	263	2	265.00	$265.00	$697	—
260–295	274	5	220.00–240.00	$228.61	$626	-18.89
305	305	4	257.50	$257.50	$785	-5.00
369–372	371	27	245.00–246.00	$245.67	$911	-20.33
401–425	421	26	230.00–240.00	$238.54	$1,004	-26.46
480–495	493	37	210.00–223.00	$220.59	$1,088	-32.86
525–541	540	28	200.00–213.50	$213.03	$1,150	—
563	563	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,143	-10.40
618	618	42	187.50	$187.50	$1,159	-11.93
714	714	18	180.50	$180.50	$1,289	-3.06

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	—
340	340	2	187.50	$187.50	$638	—
350–360	355	2	175.00–195.00	$184.86	$656	+6.46
403	403	2	175.00	$175.00	$705	-20.00
466	466	7	175.00	$175.00	$816	+8.64
500–545	529	11	163.00–175.00	$171.06	$905	—
600–640	629	7	167.00–175.00	$172.46	$1,085	—
650	650	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	2	215.00	$215.00	$477	-5.00
295	295	1	215.00	$215.00	$634	—
330	330	1	212.50	$212.50	$701	-25.00
358–395	365	5	205.00–217.50	$214.80	$784	-11.89
459–468	461	10	187.50–195.00	$193.48	$892	—
546	546	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,016	-6.56
740	740	3	168.00	$168.00	$1,243	—
765–788	780	3	169.00–170.00	$169.67	$1,323	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1685	1432	75-80%	19	80.00–89.00	$85.16	$1,219	-1.45
1260–1765	1510	75-80%	43	90.00–104.00	$95.57	$1,443	—
1480–1640	1547	75-80%	3	72.00–78.00	$74.44	$1,152	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1360	1208	80-85%	15	90.00–103.00	$94.85	$1,146	+19.29
1150–1315	1217	80-85%	12	80.00–86.00	$83.01	$1,010	+7.45
1150–1320	1236	80-85%	7	70.00–79.00	$76.20	$942	+0.64
1250–1290	1270	80-85%	2	63.00–66.00	$64.48	$819	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1325	969	85-90%	7	73.00–79.00	$76.16	$738	-0.15
880–1090	1005	85-90%	5	60.00–67.00	$64.33	$647	-30.87
850–1255	1050	85-90%	16	80.00–89.00	$83.34	$875	—
1075	1075	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1775	1592	3	100.00–109.00	$103.50	$1,648	—
1060–1910	1646	4	111.00–116.00	$113.52	$1,869	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1300	1267	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,672.59
1180–1435	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,259.75
1275–1500 fancy	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1210	1122	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,225.00	$1,191.94

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	135.00	$135.00	$443	—

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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.