KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 11, 2024

925 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $268.28/cwt -12.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,465/hd at 546 lb · 55 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $286.31/cwt +8.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,391/hd at 486 lb · 50 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $244.62/cwt -9.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,550/hd at 634 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	925	782	853
Feeder cattle	781	661	723
Slaughter cattle	116	99	83
Replacement cattle	28	22	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to the market closure last week for the July 4th holiday. Feeder buyers showed good demand for the higher quality calves especially if they were weaned. The buyers are starting to voice concerns of calf health due to the very warm temperatures we are having. Slaughter cows were still in very high demand and slaughter bulls in lesser 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
370	370	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,184	—
419	419	4	302.50	$302.50	$1,267	-16.44
469	469	14	310.00	$310.00	$1,454	-6.00
538–546 value added	544	14	300.00	$300.00	$1,632	—
550	550	13	296.00	$296.00	$1,628	+14.40
627	627	12	270.50	$270.50	$1,696	-14.52
655 value added	655	12	281.00	$281.00	$1,841	—
651–689	674	13	264.00–269.00	$265.86	$1,792	-12.14
718	718	10	258.50	$258.50	$1,856	-7.50
734 value added	734	14	269.25	$269.25	$1,976	—
802–835	806	17	225.00–241.00	$233.59	$1,883	-7.41
1075	1075	2	211.00	$211.00	$2,268	—
1175	1175	2	193.00	$193.00	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	287.50	$287.50	$920	—
410	410	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,066	—
490	490	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,348	—
518	518	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,368	—
569–598	579	6	255.00–270.00	$264.83	$1,533	-5.83
601–645	613	10	248.00–251.00	$249.32	$1,528	—
683	683	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,591	-7.66
743	743	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,709	-11.59
840	840	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,827	—
1015–1020	1018	2	177.50–190.00	$183.73	$1,870	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	235.00	$235.00	$916	—
473–487	481	7	252.50–255.00	$253.08	$1,217	-17.25
505–545	515	10	222.00–250.00	$226.53	$1,167	-28.47
705	705	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,480	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1333	1333	7	178.00	$178.00	$2,373	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–288	278	9	300.00–307.50	$305.78	$850	—
374 fancy	374	14	320.00	$320.00	$1,197	—
442	442	22	307.50	$307.50	$1,359	—
465–488	486	50	278.00–287.00	$286.31	$1,391	+8.31
534–548	546	55	268.00–270.00	$268.28	$1,465	-12.72
574 value added	574	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,550	—
590–599	598	6	247.00–254.00	$252.85	$1,512	—
600–636	631	32	235.00–241.50	$240.53	$1,518	-13.58
645 value added	645	8	261.00	$261.00	$1,683	—
651–697	688	21	226.00–235.00	$233.38	$1,606	+12.38
700	700	5	244.00	$244.00	$1,708	+41.50
920	920	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	9	265.00–270.00	$267.78	$1,023	—
457	457	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,188	—
518–541	533	11	240.00–242.50	$240.88	$1,284	-8.98
550–569	567	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,304	-15.00
680–684	684	8	213.00–220.00	$213.87	$1,463	—
705	705	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,340	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	250.00	$250.00	$850	—
430	430	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,021	—
605–635	620	2	210.00–215.00	$212.56	$1,318	+2.56
680	680	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,241	—
750	750	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,312	+5.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1510	1498	2	163.00–172.00	$167.54	$2,510	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	312.50–325.00	$318.75	$765	+3.75
314–335	317	8	325.00–327.50	$327.17	$1,037	-5.33
381–390	383	17	310.00–340.00	$334.60	$1,282	—
433	433	20	300.00	$300.00	$1,299	—
491	491	25	281.00	$281.00	$1,380	-9.00
557	557	31	273.00	$273.00	$1,521	+1.50
616	616	34	251.25	$251.25	$1,548	+0.25
695	695	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,633	-6.00
705–706	706	17	225.00–232.50	$231.62	$1,635	—
783	783	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,707	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–297	285	4	280.00–287.50	$285.86	$815	—
464–497	483	16	252.50–267.00	$256.27	$1,238	—
505–536	527	23	240.00–250.00	$247.88	$1,306	-2.12
560	560	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—
618–625	619	7	230.00–240.00	$238.56	$1,477	—
695	695	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,529	—
720	720	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,494	—
1070	1070	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,792	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	262.50	$262.50	$808	-22.50
350–390	368	4	245.00–260.00	$254.05	$935	—
435	435	1	225.00	$225.00	$979	-5.06
480	480	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,128	-3.49
540	540	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,215	-13.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,209	—
655	655	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,343	—
805	805	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,489	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1530	1371	75-80%	10	127.00–139.00	$135.55	$1,858	—
1150–1965	1505	75-80%	33	140.00–155.00	$147.27	$2,216	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1335	1005	85-90%	5	108.00–118.00	$112.71	$1,133	—
835–1335	1068	85-90%	13	120.00–129.00	$126.21	$1,348	—
950–1255	1099	85-90%	14	130.00–140.00	$133.92	$1,472	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1335	1164	80-85%	7	140.00–155.00	$145.32	$1,692	+7.53
1100–1360	1193	80-85%	15	129.00–139.00	$134.68	$1,607	-3.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1800	1502	3	152.00–155.00	$153.55	$2,306	—
1530–2300	1841	7	162.00–169.00	$164.65	$3,031	—
1870–2190	1992	3	171.00–177.00	$174.02	$3,466	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
850	850	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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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
1135–1270	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,652.81	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Small 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	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.