KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 25, 2024

903 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $261.46/cwt ≈ $1,348/hd at 516 lb · 56 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $246.27/cwt +3.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,510/hd at 613 lb · 41 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $254.87/cwt +5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,593/hd at 625 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	903	824	724
Feeder cattle	641	712	564
Slaughter cattle	172	88	115
Replacement cattle	90	24	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher. The overall feeder quality was better today and the demand was stronger especially on the feeder heifers. A lower quality offering slaughter offering resulted in cows selling unevenly steady and slaughter bulls were 6.00-8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,365	+0.48
415 fancy	415	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,411	—
420–445	436	6	312.50–320.00	$315.84	$1,377	-9.75
460 fancy	460	12	327.00	$327.00	$1,504	+1.00
521–537 value added	535	28	302.00–305.00	$302.42	$1,618	—
540	540	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,566	+8.96
560 value added	560	11	292.00	$292.00	$1,635	—
622–639 value added	625	25	271.00	$271.00	$1,694	-4.05
676–685	677	17	247.00–261.00	$255.52	$1,730	—
705–737	723	8	232.50–243.00	$239.49	$1,732	—
770–775	773	3	230.00–235.00	$233.34	$1,804	-4.16
890	890	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,914	—
965	965	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,026	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	325.00	$325.00	$780	—
325	325	2	322.50	$322.50	$1,048	+37.50
350	350	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,094	—
505	505	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,300	—
555	555	2	271.00	$271.00	$1,504	+10.02
602–645	617	6	235.00–250.00	$246.17	$1,519	—
925	925	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,619	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,161	—

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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	255	1	320.00	$320.00	$816	+15.00
320	320	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,048	—
371–378	376	22	287.50–298.00	$296.85	$1,116	+11.79
426	426	26	288.00	$288.00	$1,227	+7.50
500–537 value added	503	34	268.00–269.00	$268.91	$1,353	—
530–540	535	22	240.00–251.00	$249.95	$1,337	—
552	552	31	265.00	$265.00	$1,463	+5.49
601–631	613	41	245.00–247.00	$246.27	$1,510	+3.27
655–695	680	8	215.00–226.00	$222.25	$1,511	+17.25
725	725	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,472	-0.02
775	775	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,410	—
820	820	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,517	—
865	865	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,652	—
925	925	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,646	—
1160	1160	1	172.50	$172.50	$2,001	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	3	275.00–282.50	$280.03	$708	+5.03
308–338	328	6	280.00–287.50	$285.15	$935	+5.15
441	441	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,136	+11.46
455–468	462	6	240.00–258.00	$248.49	$1,148	+20.49
605	605	3	225.00–227.50	$226.67	$1,371	-1.14
696	696	4	206.00	$206.00	$1,434	—
719–740	723	6	179.00–180.00	$179.83	$1,300	—
865–885	875	2	170.00–172.50	$171.24	$1,498	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	232.50	$232.50	$925	+7.50
411	411	6	209.00	$209.00	$859	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868	868	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,476	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	345.00–355.00	$349.95	$833	—
265–295	286	7	330.00–332.50	$332.14	$950	—
308–320	312	3	320.00–327.50	$324.94	$1,014	-20.03
358–364	361	10	342.50–347.50	$344.98	$1,245	+4.98
404–440	425	22	300.00–322.50	$310.28	$1,319	-7.93
454–490	476	26	311.00–314.00	$312.10	$1,486	+16.40
506–545	538	34	269.00–289.00	$282.02	$1,517	+5.77
556–560	557	7	255.00–259.00	$257.85	$1,436	-21.39
625–627	625	36	247.00–257.50	$254.87	$1,593	+5.21
712–720	715	16	230.00–240.00	$236.22	$1,689	+0.29
770–775	774	10	215.00–225.00	$223.25	$1,728	+1.83
855	855	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,774	-3.76
930	930	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	327	3	270.00–310.00	$282.65	$924	—
405–410	408	2	255.00–275.00	$264.94	$1,081	-9.00
475–495	485	2	275.00–295.00	$284.79	$1,381	—
503–530	510	4	240.00–260.00	$254.80	$1,299	-6.12
605–610	608	3	210.00–235.00	$224.97	$1,368	-5.03
720	720	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,440	—
880	880	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,562	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,302	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	240.00	$240.00	$768	—
370	370	1	265.00	$265.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	260.00	$260.00	$728	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1430	1418	75-80%	2	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$1,638	-14.79
1300–1720	1456	75-80%	31	132.00–139.00	$134.04	$1,952	-7.57
1100–2240	1457	75-80%	43	120.00–131.00	$127.52	$1,858	-14.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	85-90%	1	87.00	$87.00	$779	-19.14
845–1125	1004	85-90%	10	105.00–115.00	$111.36	$1,118	-4.30
810–1305	1033	85-90%	24	117.00–131.00	$123.24	$1,273	+7.58
935–1200	1058	85-90%	8	133.00–148.00	$137.28	$1,452	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1315	1186	80-85%	11	130.00–139.00	$133.69	$1,586	-2.19
1065–1365	1218	80-85%	20	115.00–129.00	$123.76	$1,507	-2.27
1325	1325	80-85%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,458	+3.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2370	1418	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,872	—
1065–2300	1647	10	138.00–148.00	$143.47	$2,363	—
1700–2040	1854	6	151.00–157.00	$154.33	$2,861	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1055	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,650.24
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1200–1250	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,634.75
1100–1410	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,375.00–1,925.00	$1,713.02
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1150–1375 fancy	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,692.56
1390 fancy	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1250–1555	1403	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,200.00	$2,144.56

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
780–880	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,319.98
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–965	906	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,573.45
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–885	835	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,486.45
860	860	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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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
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,075.00	$3,075.00	—
1050–1100	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,072.09	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,775.00–2,450.00	$2,112.50	+512.50
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	+250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,449	—

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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
950–1100	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	2,875.00–3,150.00	$3,019.91	—
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,025.00	$3,025.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

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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.