Cattle Market Pulse

KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 25, 2024

776 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $235.50/cwt -10.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,484/hd at 630 lb · 43 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $263.00/cwt -7.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,638/hd at 623 lb · 29 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $291.00/cwt +1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,414/hd at 486 lb · 27 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 776 677 377
Feeder cattle 585 594 314
Slaughter cattle 139 72 54
Replacement cattle 52 11 9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady with a cheaper undertone. Feeder heifers traded 8.00-10.00 lower. Feeder buyers are expressing concerns with calf health and the warm temperatures. Today's quality varied greatly across the offering and the buyers discounted the lower quality calves heavily. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400 400 3 321.00 $321.00 $1,284 -16.00
456 456 20 315.00 $315.00 $1,436 +3.00
547 547 7 300.00 $300.00 $1,641 +5.00
553 553 13 294.00 $294.00 $1,626 —
618–644 623 29 263.00 $263.00 $1,638 -7.50
653 653 6 266.00 $266.00 $1,737 —
709–710 710 12 250.00–260.00 $255.00 $1,810 ±0.00
775 775 1 246.00 $246.00 $1,906 +6.00
777 value added 777 11 254.00 $254.00 $1,974 —
890–893 891 8 225.00–231.50 $229.87 $2,048 -0.28
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 1 280.00 $280.00 $952 —
360 360 1 265.00 $265.00 $954 —
432 432 2 265.00 $265.00 $1,145 —
463 463 3 266.00 $266.00 $1,232 —
525–528 527 3 255.00–260.00 $258.34 $1,361 —
551 551 5 255.00 $255.00 $1,405 —
605–640 629 5 220.00–239.00 $233.52 $1,469 —
685 685 1 240.00 $240.00 $1,644 —
715 715 1 220.00 $220.00 $1,573 —
755–790 766 4 207.50–220.00 $213.20 $1,633 —
845 845 1 216.00 $216.00 $1,825 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
385 385 3 300.00 $300.00 $1,155 -15.00
718 718 4 239.00 $239.00 $1,716 +2.75
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1218 1218 4 185.00 $185.00 $2,253 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
553 553 3 252.50 $252.50 $1,396 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
297 297 6 310.00 $310.00 $921 —
359 359 20 300.00 $300.00 $1,077 -30.00
429 429 18 277.50 $277.50 $1,190 -22.50
487 487 18 282.00 $282.00 $1,373 -6.00
538–547 542 27 258.50–271.00 $265.86 $1,441 —
551 551 7 250.00 $250.00 $1,378 -15.00
614–645 630 43 230.00–240.00 $235.50 $1,484 -10.50
682–696 691 9 215.00–220.00 $218.36 $1,509 -13.96
720–725 721 7 205.00–210.00 $209.28 $1,509 -22.72
804 fancy 804 8 212.00 $212.00 $1,704 —
810 810 1 205.00 $205.00 $1,660 +0.29
952 fancy 952 3 206.00 $206.00 $1,961 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235–240 237 3 275.00–280.00 $278.35 $660 —
347 347 6 275.00 $275.00 $954 +5.00
453–465 463 14 252.00–262.50 $253.47 $1,174 +23.47
510–525 518 2 230.00–240.00 $234.93 $1,217 +6.34
598 598 2 235.00 $235.00 $1,405 -1.75
715 715 1 200.00 $200.00 $1,430 -11.46
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
694 694 4 206.00 $206.00 $1,430 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
385 385 1 225.00 $225.00 $866 —
485 485 1 225.00 $225.00 $1,091 +7.50
555 555 1 222.50 $222.50 $1,235 +12.50
680 680 1 195.00 $195.00 $1,326 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1145 1145 1 167.50 $167.50 $1,918 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
294 294 7 340.00 $340.00 $1,000 +17.50
354 354 8 332.50 $332.50 $1,177 +4.50
408–419 418 20 297.50–303.50 $302.91 $1,266 -15.09
486 486 27 291.00 $291.00 $1,414 +1.00
553 553 17 274.50 $274.50 $1,518 -16.50
608 608 20 251.00 $251.00 $1,526 +1.00
693 693 10 233.00 $233.00 $1,615 -6.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
225 225 1 300.00 $300.00 $675 -5.11
433 433 7 263.00 $263.00 $1,139 —
468–475 472 4 261.00–265.00 $263.01 $1,241 -16.99
514–533 521 11 250.00–257.00 $254.40 $1,325 +2.61
625–635 628 3 220.00–230.00 $223.37 $1,403 -14.13
659 659 4 228.00 $228.00 $1,503 -2.00
743 743 2 218.00 $218.00 $1,620 —
875 875 1 200.00 $200.00 $1,750 +5.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500 500 1 227.50 $227.50 $1,138 —
930 930 1 175.00 $175.00 $1,628 —
975 975 1 180.00 $180.00 $1,755 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 240.00 $240.00 $804 —
580 580 1 222.50 $222.50 $1,290 —

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1130–1545 1399 75-80% 22 123.00–135.00 $131.08 $1,834 —
1095–2030 1485 75-80% 35 136.00–153.00 $141.16 $2,096 +7.81
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
825–1070 983 85-90% 10 100.00–116.00 $111.57 $1,097 -30.75
890–1090 1001 85-90% 8 133.00–144.00 $136.73 $1,369 —
835–1280 1087 85-90% 23 118.00–130.00 $123.80 $1,346 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1120–1220 1185 80-85% 4 136.00–139.00 $137.47 $1,629 —
1030–1325 1198 80-85% 17 122.00–134.00 $128.10 $1,535 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1570 1570 1 147.00 $147.00 $2,308 -22.00
1492–2330 1782 13 154.00–164.00 $160.05 $2,852 —
1975 1975 1 171.00 $171.00 $3,377 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1080–1120 1100 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 1,775.00–2,000.00 $1,889.55
1180 1180 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,600.00 $1,600.00
1200–1300 1250 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 1,950.00–2,075.00 $2,015.00
1125–1400 1273 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 19 1,575.00–1,925.00 $1,815.83
Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
975 thin fleshed 975 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,550.00 $1,550.00
1000 1000 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,000.00 $1,000.00
1020 1020 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,525.00 $1,525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1000 1000 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 1,800.00 $1,800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1000–1140 thin fleshed 1047 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 2,300.00–2,725.00 $2,570.70 —
1050 1050 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 1,900.00 $1,900.00 —
1100 thin fleshed 1100 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 2,550.00 $2,550.00 —
1100 1100 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 6 2,575.00–2,625.00 $2,583.33 +533.33
1100 1100 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 2,050.00 $2,050.00 ±0.00
1250 fancy 1250 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 4 2,775.00 $2,775.00 —
Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
960 thin fleshed 960 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 2,950.00 $2,950.00 —
960 thin fleshed 960 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 2,300.00 $2,300.00 —
970 thin fleshed 970 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 1,900.00 $1,900.00 —
975 thin fleshed 975 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,625.00 $1,625.00 —

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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.