KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 3, 2024

963 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $261.77/cwt +26.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,899/hd at 725 lb · 85 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $239.36/cwt +8.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,501/hd at 627 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $245.35/cwt ≈ $1,340/hd at 546 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	963	971	756
Feeder cattle	796	751	636
Slaughter cattle	132	132	94
Replacement cattle	35	88	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 higher and those over 500 lbs. were 7.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00-7.00 higher with the 400-500 lb. heifers selling sharply higher. The demand for the feeder calves was strong again this week for a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00-7.00 lower on a plain quality offering.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–367	363	9	280.00–282.50	$281.40	$1,021	+1.40
365 fancy	365	4	298.00	$298.00	$1,088	—
406	406	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,157	+4.71
450	450	15	277.00	$277.00	$1,246	+3.00
525–538	527	24	271.00–280.00	$278.85	$1,470	+6.85
558 value added	558	13	279.00	$279.00	$1,557	+9.00
626	626	16	250.00	$250.00	$1,565	+8.09
659	659	7	257.00	$257.00	$1,694	+8.00
724 value added	724	68	265.00	$265.00	$1,919	—
720–746	731	17	240.00–250.00	$248.83	$1,819	+13.70
800–825	802	11	221.00–226.00	$225.53	$1,809	—
853–878	862	7	207.50–216.00	$212.74	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	232.50	$232.50	$953	—
460–478	475	7	228.00–250.00	$234.19	$1,112	-14.40
515	515	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,190	-8.00
574	574	4	244.00	$244.00	$1,401	+14.00
600–622	617	4	230.00–232.50	$230.61	$1,423	+13.61
709–733	712	14	219.00–224.00	$223.27	$1,590	+17.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–536	533	6	252.00–257.50	$252.89	$1,348	—
800	800	2	213.00	$213.00	$1,704	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,336	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	287.50	$287.50	$848	+2.50
323	323	4	282.50	$282.50	$912	-7.50
366–374	371	24	274.00–289.00	$284.07	$1,054	—
432	432	21	267.00	$267.00	$1,153	+13.23
485	485	19	257.00	$257.00	$1,246	+11.23
516–540	534	36	240.00–255.00	$249.91	$1,335	+4.60
570 value added	570	19	255.00	$255.00	$1,454	—
583	583	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,393	+0.95
610–640	627	56	231.00–245.00	$239.36	$1,501	+8.20
669 value added	669	10	239.00	$239.00	$1,599	—
675	675	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,519	—
701–725	711	13	210.00–220.00	$213.13	$1,515	-6.87
721 value added	721	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,658	—
808	808	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,705	—
913	913	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,863	—
1039	1039	6	200.00	$200.00	$2,078	—
1186	1186	6	179.50	$179.50	$2,129	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	267.50	$267.50	$971	+38.67
440–443	441	21	243.00–246.00	$245.14	$1,081	—
515	515	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,159	+10.00
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	—
690	690	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,328	—
819	819	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,622	—
1020	1020	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,760	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,217	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–282	273	5	285.00–292.50	$289.64	$791	-25.36
308	308	12	309.00	$309.00	$952	+9.00
378	378	4	307.50	$307.50	$1,162	+15.00
417	417	14	279.00	$279.00	$1,163	+3.00
489	489	19	255.00	$255.00	$1,247	-19.00
535–547	546	38	242.50–245.50	$245.35	$1,340	—
550–570	561	6	227.50–232.50	$229.97	$1,290	-15.03
608–617	616	34	218.00–229.75	$228.39	$1,407	+0.55
699	699	16	223.00	$223.00	$1,559	—
703	703	4	202.00	$202.00	$1,420	-7.31
830	830	4	192.00	$192.00	$1,594	+5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–393	382	9	270.00–275.00	$273.29	$1,044	+22.39
405–442	435	17	257.50–260.00	$259.59	$1,129	+28.59
465–485	475	4	215.00–225.00	$219.89	$1,044	-12.61
536	536	8	221.00	$221.00	$1,185	—
623	623	5	213.00	$213.00	$1,327	—
825	825	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,485	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,230	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1415	1365	75-80%	5	109.00–115.00	$112.26	$1,532	-0.74
1370	1370	75-80%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,302	-18.00
1145–1650	1448	75-80%	21	131.00–135.00	$133.39	$1,931	+7.36
1280–1735	1448	75-80%	22	116.00–130.00	$124.87	$1,808	-1.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1015	943	85-90%	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,273	—
900–1290	1047	85-90%	19	102.00–115.00	$109.12	$1,142	+13.19
935–1200	1056	85-90%	7	85.00–100.00	$93.64	$989	-15.06
980–1320	1105	85-90%	9	117.00–127.00	$121.74	$1,345	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1345	1199	80-85%	6	132.50–136.00	$133.77	$1,604	-2.26
1125–1290	1207	80-85%	7	117.00–130.00	$124.64	$1,504	+10.84
1100–1645	1242	80-85%	9	100.00–115.00	$108.93	$1,353	-4.87
1325	1325	80-85%	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,272	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540	1540	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,079	—
1245–2250	1662	13	140.00–150.00	$144.91	$2,408	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100 thin fleshed	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1180 thin fleshed	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1165–1300	1226	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,550.00–1,950.00	$1,711.49
1100–1485	1278	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,525.00–2,175.00	$1,833.45
1165–1400	1283	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,463.74

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915 thin fleshed	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
960 thin fleshed	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1015 thin fleshed	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700 thin fleshed	700	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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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
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1705	1705	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
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

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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.