KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 18, 2024

824 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $246.56/cwt +5.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,909/hd at 774 lb · 83 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $273.94/cwt +8.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,702/hd at 621 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $303.65/cwt +8.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,649/hd at 543 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	824	476	776
Feeder cattle	712	395	601
Slaughter cattle	88	71	81
Replacement cattle	24	10	94

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with lighter demand. Today's offering contained several fall/winter born bawling calves that the buyers are beginning to discount because of health concerns. Slaughter cows traded 6.00-8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 7.00-9.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	345.00	$345.00	$914	—
350–371	367	5	347.50–350.00	$349.52	$1,283	—
412–441	429	7	319.00–335.00	$325.59	$1,397	+15.59
469 fancy	469	19	326.00	$326.00	$1,529	—
460–495	477	5	290.00–295.00	$291.96	$1,393	-12.84
538–547	543	5	275.00–285.00	$281.04	$1,526	-13.79
543 fancy	543	48	306.00	$306.00	$1,662	—
582	582	2	288.50	$288.50	$1,679	+2.50
618–631 value added	621	54	273.50–275.50	$275.05	$1,708	—
630	630	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,600	-11.00
703–723 value added	708	18	246.50–248.00	$247.01	$1,749	—
752	752	19	237.50	$237.50	$1,786	-3.50
781 value added	781	64	249.25	$249.25	$1,947	—
802	802	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,909	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	285.00	$285.00	$955	+20.00
440	440	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,188	+20.00
460	460	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,311	+49.00
555–585	574	5	260.00–265.00	$260.98	$1,498	—
650–695	673	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,582	+23.20
728–735	730	3	215.00–217.00	$216.33	$1,579	-7.42

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,622	+47.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–248	237	3	300.00–307.50	$305.23	$723	—
275	275	1	305.00	$305.00	$839	—
353–367	364	11	284.00–290.00	$285.06	$1,038	-4.05
435	435	31	280.50	$280.50	$1,220	+2.10
460–491	485	36	261.00–266.00	$265.08	$1,286	+5.08
552–581	556	46	251.00–263.50	$259.51	$1,443	—
615	615	11	243.00	$243.00	$1,494	+6.75
696	696	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,427	—
703–718	707	8	202.00–206.00	$203.02	$1,435	-2.98
760 value added	760	10	214.50	$214.50	$1,630	—
957	957	10	196.00	$196.00	$1,876	+26.00
1023	1023	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,739	—
1145	1145	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,775	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	275.00	$275.00	$715	+13.12
300	300	1	280.00	$280.00	$840	—
400–449	437	8	243.00–262.50	$246.04	$1,075	-6.52
470	470	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,072	-12.00
530	530	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,251	+3.50
580	580	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,409	+31.17
600–630	615	7	225.00–231.00	$227.81	$1,401	+34.81
805	805	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,489	—
928	928	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	230.00	$230.00	$678	—
310	310	1	215.00	$215.00	$666	±0.00
395	395	2	225.00	$225.00	$889	+10.79
465–490	483	4	172.50–215.00	$198.20	$957	-16.80
510	510	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,020	+0.06
575–585	580	2	147.50–180.00	$163.61	$949	—
730	730	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,168	—
810	810	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,073	-10.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	275.00	$275.00	$913	—
413	413	2	215.00	$215.00	$888	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–321	312	9	335.00–350.00	$344.97	$1,076	+9.97
370–378	372	14	340.00	$340.00	$1,265	+24.00
420–435	430	17	305.00–321.00	$318.21	$1,368	+10.40
472 fancy	472	7	321.00	$321.00	$1,515	—
473–487	486	39	290.00–296.00	$295.70	$1,437	-7.81
515	515	2	275.00–277.50	$276.25	$1,423	-13.30
555–560	556	34	279.00–280.00	$279.24	$1,553	—
600–635	616	34	240.00–252.50	$249.66	$1,538	-3.60
680–685	683	2	237.00–240.00	$238.49	$1,629	—
702–715	703	15	235.00–236.00	$235.93	$1,659	—
754–778	761	7	220.00–222.00	$221.42	$1,685	+6.50
855–865	860	2	210.00–212.50	$211.26	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	285.00	$285.00	$807	—
375–395	388	3	300.00–312.50	$308.48	$1,197	—
410–443	435	5	265.00–280.00	$273.94	$1,192	—
500–530	519	6	245.00–267.50	$260.92	$1,354	—
610	610	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,403	+4.86
685–695	690	2	215.00–220.00	$217.52	$1,501	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,182	—
800	800	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,280	—
960	960	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,536	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,173	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–965	882	85-90%	3	100.00–109.00	$106.14	$936	—
840–1060	950	85-90%	2	90.00–92.50	$91.11	$866	—
900–1075	978	85-90%	5	132.00–140.00	$136.04	$1,330	+30.66
865–1200	1027	85-90%	14	112.00–123.00	$115.66	$1,188	+20.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1830	1437	75-80%	13	124.00–134.00	$130.29	$1,872	+2.72
1335–1615	1452	75-80%	8	136.00–146.00	$141.61	$2,056	+2.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1270	1194	80-85%	8	133.00–139.00	$135.88	$1,622	+17.16
1105–1380	1226	80-85%	8	121.00–131.00	$126.03	$1,545	-7.69
1300	1300	80-85%	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,391	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1610	1347	3	133.00–139.00	$136.71	$1,841	—
1190–2220	1757	9	141.00–153.00	$146.50	$2,574	—
1770–2210	1960	8	160.00–174.00	$165.66	$3,247	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070 thin fleshed	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1170–1200	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,573.42

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
985 thin fleshed	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205–1265	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,975.00	$1,889.63

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950 thin fleshed	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.