KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 14, 2023

819 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $216.13/cwt +23.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 495 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $214.00/cwt +33.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 557 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $231.52/cwt ≈ $1,199/hd at 518 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	819	823	836
Feeder cattle	641	652	650
Slaughter cattle	128	145	164
Replacement cattle	50	26	22

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379 fancy	379	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,042	—
398	398	2	247.50	$247.50	$985	—
450 fancy	450	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,215	+10.00
536	536	22	242.00	$242.00	$1,297	—
556–595	574	12	223.00–230.00	$228.32	$1,311	+9.76
624–639	633	13	230.50–234.00	$232.67	$1,473	+13.03
696	696	8	213.00	$213.00	$1,482	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	210.00–217.50	$213.66	$701	—
412	412	2	227.50	$227.50	$937	—
642	642	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,245	—
700–745	718	4	186.00–196.00	$191.52	$1,375	—
875	875	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,509	—
950	950	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,672	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	202.50	$202.50	$452	—
555–595	575	2	170.00–189.00	$179.83	$1,034	—
655	655	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	—
845	845	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,352	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	3	194.50	$194.50	$1,527	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	230.00	$230.00	$552	—
260–270	265	2	217.50–220.00	$218.73	$580	-17.13
303	303	4	232.50	$232.50	$704	—
362 fancy	362	22	240.00	$240.00	$869	—
383–385	384	4	215.00–235.00	$224.97	$864	-10.68
400–440	438	23	220.00–225.00	$220.20	$964	+20.20
465–497	495	42	216.00–218.00	$216.13	$1,070	+26.26
524–547	537	23	212.50–216.50	$214.80	$1,153	+28.42
557	557	40	214.00	$214.00	$1,192	+33.19
613–629	627	29	211.00–214.50	$214.03	$1,342	+44.81
660–684	674	15	200.00–209.00	$203.52	$1,372	+32.52
725	725	12	213.50	$213.50	$1,548	+52.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	212.50	$212.50	$616	—
425	425	1	190.00	$190.00	$808	—
463	463	7	200.00–201.00	$200.71	$929	—
628	628	8	195.50	$195.50	$1,228	—
650	650	3	193.00	$193.00	$1,254	—
730–748	742	3	171.00–176.00	$172.64	$1,281	—
875–885	880	2	160.00–162.50	$161.26	$1,419	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293–295	294	3	182.50–192.50	$185.85	$546	-31.65
325	325	1	177.50	$177.50	$577	-21.46
515–527	524	4	176.00–180.00	$176.98	$927	—
555–575	565	4	157.50–182.50	$173.20	$979	—
635	635	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,048	+12.00
805	805	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,288	—
870–880	875	2	145.00–152.50	$148.77	$1,302	—
980	980	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,421	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
792	792	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,434	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	257.50	$257.50	$772	+15.84
308 fancy	308	6	280.00	$280.00	$862	—
367–368 fancy	367	13	275.00–278.00	$277.54	$1,019	+18.54
390	390	1	235.00	$235.00	$916	+1.21
431 fancy	431	14	265.50	$265.50	$1,144	—
447	447	6	243.00	$243.00	$1,086	-7.25
470–495	475	10	219.00–230.00	$227.71	$1,082	-7.29
501 fancy	501	18	243.50	$243.50	$1,220	—
530–538	536	17	215.00–220.00	$218.84	$1,173	—
556 fancy	556	25	236.00	$236.00	$1,312	—
561	561	9	203.00	$203.00	$1,139	-16.00
623–633	624	28	188.00–203.00	$200.83	$1,253	+25.82
656	656	7	186.00	$186.00	$1,220	—
721	721	19	182.50	$182.50	$1,316	+17.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	220.00–225.00	$222.52	$607	+2.52
325	325	1	215.00	$215.00	$699	+5.00
395	395	1	220.00	$220.00	$869	+27.50
465	465	1	175.00	$175.00	$814	-14.00
515	515	1	182.50	$182.50	$940	+8.13
593	593	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,050	+6.10
613–635	619	5	165.00–175.00	$170.97	$1,058	+20.97
660–695	678	2	172.50–173.00	$172.76	$1,171	—
717	717	3	168.00	$168.00	$1,205	+23.00
760	760	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,083	—
860–885	875	4	142.50–155.00	$149.99	$1,312	—
900–920	910	3	145.00–150.00	$148.33	$1,350	—
950–970	958	4	147.50–157.50	$152.47	$1,461	—
1015	1015	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,396	—
1100	1100	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,386	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,065	—
1290–1930	1483	75-80%	28	90.00–101.00	$94.22	$1,397	+8.89
1320–1850	1496	75-80%	11	81.00–89.00	$85.49	$1,279	+0.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1225	974	85-90%	4	55.00–69.00	$63.88	$622	+1.29
775–1080	979	85-90%	4	90.00–105.00	$95.43	$934	+32.84
830–1100	981	85-90%	15	80.00–89.00	$84.15	$826	+21.56
810–1150	1031	85-90%	14	70.00–79.00	$76.24	$786	-9.46

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1285	1196	80-85%	11	90.00–104.00	$94.48	$1,130	+1.21
1100–1380	1211	80-85%	15	80.00–89.00	$85.35	$1,034	+1.80
1220–1295	1257	80-85%	3	76.00–78.00	$77.01	$968	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1635	1373	8	94.00–108.00	$102.67	$1,410	—
1620–1780	1738	4	110.00–116.00	$113.44	$1,972	—
2050–2105	2078	2	120.00–123.00	$121.52	$2,525	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080 thin fleshed	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1115 thin fleshed	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1100–1190	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,525.00	$1,380.90
1180 thin fleshed	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1160–1500	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,331.39

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845 thin fleshed	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
820–900 thin fleshed	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–1,050.00	$890.19
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1015 thin fleshed	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1020 thin fleshed	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 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	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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
1060–1250	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1100–1175	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,741.93	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960 thin fleshed	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
980 thin fleshed	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1025–1090	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00–1,800.00	$1,681.06	—
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.