KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 13, 2024

559 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $307.01/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,670/hd at 544 lb · 36 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $281.67/cwt +1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,727/hd at 613 lb · 36 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $312.00/cwt +18.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,363/hd at 437 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	559	985	683
Feeder cattle	444	826	543
Slaughter cattle	98	139	112
Replacement cattle	17	20	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. The demand for feeder calves was good on an average quality offering. Slaughter cows sold fully steady and slaughter bulls were 2.00-3.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	8	325.00	$325.00	$1,329	+5.00
484–491	489	24	321.00–323.00	$322.42	$1,577	-7.58
543–547	544	36	306.00–310.50	$307.01	$1,670	-0.28
559–563	561	21	299.25–308.50	$302.76	$1,698	—
605–625	613	36	268.00–283.00	$281.67	$1,727	+1.33
690	690	14	269.25	$269.25	$1,858	—
714–720	716	14	253.00–256.00	$254.92	$1,825	-5.58
915	915	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,316	—
561–590	569	8	253.00–260.00	$257.57	$1,466	-22.34
645	645	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,612	—
677	677	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,557	-17.04
930	930	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,814	—
1050	1050	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,048	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,404	—
660	660	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,419	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,219	—
437	437	27	312.00	$312.00	$1,363	+18.50
494	494	14	281.00	$281.00	$1,388	+3.00
529 value added	529	16	276.00	$276.00	$1,460	—
552–555	554	18	270.00–271.00	$270.33	$1,498	+3.33
610–638	626	9	237.50–242.00	$241.06	$1,509	-3.67
652 value added	652	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,630	—
700–716	711	6	204.00–212.00	$209.37	$1,489	-17.43
1010–1025	1018	3	170.00–172.50	$170.84	$1,739	—
1086	1086	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,922	-0.33
1100	1100	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	305.00	$305.00	$869	—
310–315	313	5	275.00–300.00	$290.10	$908	+25.10
415–434	431	6	265.00–269.00	$268.36	$1,157	-2.64
471–485	473	6	250.00–257.50	$256.22	$1,212	—
537–538	537	15	249.00–258.00	$252.60	$1,356	—
555	555	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,401	+19.99
600	600	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,305	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	250.00	$250.00	$675	—
465	465	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,093	+1.33
635	635	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,270	—
760	760	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,273	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,064	-32.50
363	363	3	337.50	$337.50	$1,225	+15.39
445	445	2	314.00	$314.00	$1,397	+2.00
494	494	15	293.00	$293.00	$1,447	-3.00
556	556	7	283.50	$283.50	$1,576	+19.50
624–633	629	10	249.00–257.00	$253.83	$1,597	-7.92
710–745	719	4	228.00–239.00	$236.15	$1,698	+3.90
770	770	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,702	±0.00
813	813	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,707	±0.00
925	925	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,619	—
1025	1025	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,742	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	310.00	$310.00	$914	—
335	335	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,005	-17.09
381	381	8	306.50	$306.50	$1,168	+7.65
450	450	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,249	-1.01
510–546	539	5	249.00–250.00	$249.19	$1,343	-12.55
575	575	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,409	+5.00
775	775	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,550	—
1000	1000	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	4	237.50–260.00	$248.75	$953	—
400	400	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,000	—
450	450	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,125	+12.50
510–530	520	2	220.00–230.00	$224.90	$1,169	—
765	765	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,473	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1385	1343	75-80%	2	125.00–128.00	$126.55	$1,700	—
1210–1650	1403	75-80%	18	140.00–150.00	$143.69	$2,016	+6.03
1255–1910	1461	75-80%	13	130.00–139.00	$135.20	$1,975	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1280	1033	85-90%	3	89.00–97.50	$92.46	$955	—
850–1300	1042	85-90%	7	106.00–121.00	$115.87	$1,207	—
870–1235	1046	85-90%	15	124.00–133.00	$127.39	$1,332	—
970–1285	1128	85-90%	4	137.00–143.00	$139.87	$1,578	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1320	1215	80-85%	7	128.00–138.00	$134.33	$1,632	+0.37
1010–1420	1252	80-85%	11	139.00–149.00	$144.02	$1,803	—
1300	1300	80-85%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,625	+6.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1730–1760	1745	2	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$2,984	—
1445–2365	1905	2	156.00	$156.00	$2,972	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1230 thin fleshed	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1220–1420	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,000.00	$1,942.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–950	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,598.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1100–1185	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,803.72	—
1280–1325	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,452.59	—
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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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.