KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 4, 2024

676 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $282.25/cwt +0.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,525/hd at 540 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $272.19/cwt -4.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,317/hd at 484 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $304.16/cwt -6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,466/hd at 482 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	676	869	505
Feeder cattle	520	719	403
Slaughter cattle	126	120	62
Replacement cattle	30	30	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	2	365.00	$365.00	$920	—
305–310	308	6	345.00–357.00	$351.05	$1,081	—
411–418	413	12	325.00–340.00	$336.20	$1,389	-1.30
464–472	468	19	314.00–324.00	$319.22	$1,494	+4.20
523–528 value added	525	22	301.00–307.00	$304.53	$1,599	-6.47
500–548	540	7	281.00–290.00	$282.62	$1,526	-6.14
553	553	4	284.00	$284.00	$1,571	-1.56
621	621	13	274.00	$274.00	$1,702	-7.01
650–682	674	4	265.00–267.50	$265.60	$1,790	+9.86
704	704	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,711	-14.03
770–793	785	3	225.00–227.50	$225.82	$1,773	-10.18
900	900	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,912	—
1125	1125	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,856	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,140	-11.15
395 fancy	395	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,264	—
420	420	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,239	-11.46
462–490	471	3	282.50–287.50	$285.77	$1,346	+7.28
580	580	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,552	+22.50
610	610	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,543	+0.74
655–690	666	4	232.50–245.00	$236.81	$1,577	-0.19
792	792	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,703	-12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	265.00	$265.00	$768	-15.00
490	490	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,323	+60.00
755	755	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,510	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,032	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,753	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	305.00	$305.00	$793	-31.64
359–392	376	21	290.00–300.00	$294.54	$1,107	-6.46
419–429	425	17	270.00	$270.00	$1,148	-9.17
470–490	484	38	270.50–276.00	$272.19	$1,317	-4.17
502–547	540	29	249.00–251.50	$250.83	$1,354	-1.17
552	552	6	257.00	$257.00	$1,419	-8.03
612–628	623	23	222.50–240.00	$235.70	$1,468	-3.58
650	650	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,479	+10.74
732	732	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,501	-13.36
875	875	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,435	-15.00
916	916	11	162.00	$162.00	$1,484	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	230.00	$230.00	$812	-2.50
430	430	2	230.00	$230.00	$989	+27.47
500–535	515	4	185.00–220.00	$204.59	$1,054	—
565	565	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,130	—
618	618	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,251	—
650–670	660	2	177.50–190.00	$183.66	$1,212	—
730	730	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,168	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	2	290.00	$290.00	$702	—
332	332	4	277.50	$277.50	$921	-7.50
360	360	1	270.00	$270.00	$972	-9.53
702	702	3	192.50	$192.50	$1,351	—
855	855	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,325	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	5	176.50	$176.50	$1,281	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,792	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	325.00	$325.00	$926	-41.00
340	340	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,122	-9.96
352–357	355	15	330.00–350.00	$343.02	$1,218	-18.08
425	425	10	305.00–320.00	$318.50	$1,354	-10.50
472–486	482	33	300.00–314.00	$304.16	$1,466	-6.99
515–536 fancy	534	12	290.00	$290.00	$1,549	—
530–545	543	26	270.00–281.00	$278.68	$1,513	-3.32
550	550	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,458	—
618 fancy	618	18	268.50	$268.50	$1,659	—
635	635	4	253.00	$253.00	$1,607	-5.00
682–686	685	12	235.00–244.00	$242.51	$1,661	-2.49
701 fancy	701	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,584	—
725	725	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,595	-9.23
763	763	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,709	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,248	+13.22
458	458	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,340	+17.52
573	573	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,404	-6.00
633	633	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,494	-4.00
665	665	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,546	—
830	830	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,515	—
900–920	910	2	167.50–170.00	$168.74	$1,536	—
950–970	963	3	160.00–168.00	$165.37	$1,593	-7.13
1085	1085	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	250.00	$250.00	$662	—
340	340	1	285.00	$285.00	$969	—
455–470	463	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,158	—
595	595	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,354	—
625	625	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,359	—
765	765	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,300	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1350	1159	80-85%	9	100.00–114.00	$110.85	$1,285	-28.12
1030–1435	1228	80-85%	34	115.00–133.00	$125.54	$1,542	+14.02
1110–1435	1286	80-85%	24	134.00–148.00	$140.46	$1,806	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–940	827	85-90%	6	80.00–88.00	$84.01	$695	—
805–950	892	85-90%	3	90.00–92.00	$90.60	$808	—
675–1070	899	85-90%	8	116.00–140.00	$122.97	$1,106	—
935–1040	995	85-90%	5	104.00–114.00	$110.50	$1,099	-2.08

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1640	1515	75-80%	7	138.00–146.00	$142.19	$2,154	—
1465–1755	1614	75-80%	7	126.00–133.00	$129.12	$2,084	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2170	1595	11	135.00–148.00	$142.02	$2,265	—
1920–2050	1986	5	153.00–165.00	$158.16	$3,141	+13.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1225	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,725.00	$1,492.23
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
865–1315	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,350.00–1,750.00	$1,566.90
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
855–950	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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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
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,350.00–2,775.00	$2,633.33	—
1050–1250	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–2,150.00	$1,967.39	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,325.00–2,900.00	$2,626.19	—

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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.