KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 17, 2024

808 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $290.43/cwt +39.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,646/hd at 567 lb · 92 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $251.00/cwt -10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,378/hd at 549 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $238.95/cwt -11.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,481/hd at 620 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	808	759	777
Feeder cattle	643	611	620
Slaughter cattle	109	100	116
Replacement cattle	56	48	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. traded 6.00-8.00 higher and those over 450 lbs. were 10.00-12.00 lower. The demand for male calves remained strong while the demand for heifers wasn't nearly as good as in previous weeks. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

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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	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,147	—
413	413	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,229	-2.50
461–463	463	25	280.00–286.00	$281.20	$1,302	+7.72
541	541	17	270.00	$270.00	$1,461	+0.93
564 value added	564	80	292.00	$292.00	$1,647	—
584	584	12	280.00	$280.00	$1,635	+29.00
613–639	620	25	252.00–266.50	$256.01	$1,587	+3.44
689–693	692	13	242.00–256.00	$246.29	$1,704	—
715–735	728	12	240.00–247.50	$244.87	$1,783	-8.13
824	824	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,838	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,096	—
481–490	485	7	245.00–265.00	$256.34	$1,243	+16.34
535–539	539	8	242.50–253.00	$251.70	$1,357	+5.70
560–585	570	3	234.00–256.00	$245.16	$1,397	+17.16
675–695	685	2	230.00–235.00	$232.54	$1,593	-9.32

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1157	1157	4	142.50	$142.50	$1,649	—
1200	1200	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,052	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	4	263.00	$263.00	$1,494	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	6	285.00	$285.00	$878	+6.67
351–371	364	12	270.00–278.00	$275.43	$1,003	—
369 fancy	369	16	311.00	$311.00	$1,148	+11.40
425	425	27	275.00	$275.00	$1,169	+7.50
491	491	38	243.00	$243.00	$1,193	-23.64
549	549	46	251.00	$251.00	$1,378	-10.00
616–634	620	39	235.00–240.00	$238.95	$1,481	-11.05
665–682	678	4	213.00–218.00	$216.77	$1,470	-24.23
711	711	13	218.00	$218.00	$1,550	-9.00
838	838	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,718	-20.50
890	890	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,833	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	267.50	$267.50	$704	+2.50
305–348	334	3	262.50–265.00	$263.26	$879	—
439	439	7	243.00	$243.00	$1,067	+2.00
458	458	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,035	—
985	985	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,896	—
1100–1105	1103	2	162.00–165.00	$163.50	$1,803	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527–535	529	8	231.00–236.00	$234.74	$1,242	—
700	700	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,428	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–274	271	7	302.50–311.00	$307.40	$833	+7.40
371	371	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,132	+12.08
425–427	427	15	282.50–292.00	$291.37	$1,244	+11.37
455–492	486	19	267.00–275.00	$269.81	$1,311	+16.24
558	558	8	262.00	$262.00	$1,462	—
600–622	620	14	237.00–243.00	$242.59	$1,504	+5.29
650	650	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,502	—
735–745	737	6	220.00–225.00	$220.84	$1,628	-8.16
789	789	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	260.00–275.00	$267.97	$858	—
360–375	368	2	265.00–282.50	$273.57	$1,007	+8.57
485	485	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,225	+12.50
500–520	516	6	247.00–248.00	$247.76	$1,278	+23.14
677	677	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,395	—
762	762	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,494	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,058	—
610	610	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,208	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–685	668	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,470	—
785	785	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,609	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1575	1411	75-80%	10	130.00–149.00	$136.08	$1,920	—
1225–2170	1500	75-80%	32	115.00–129.00	$122.39	$1,836	—
1525	1525	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,601	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	80-85%	2	137.00–146.00	$141.50	$1,507	—
1020–1390	1207	80-85%	20	114.00–129.00	$119.64	$1,444	—
1100–1360	1215	80-85%	6	102.00–112.00	$106.95	$1,299	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	85-90%	1	97.50	$97.50	$902	—
975–1020	1002	85-90%	3	135.00–140.00	$137.63	$1,379	+28.39
880–1175	1033	85-90%	5	114.00–122.00	$117.64	$1,215	-0.46
975–1170	1073	85-90%	10	102.00–112.50	$107.75	$1,156	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1865	1516	4	159.00–162.00	$159.73	$2,422	—
1575	1575	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,189	—
1210–2045	1652	10	145.00–157.00	$151.49	$2,503	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205 fancy	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1120–1255	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,475.00–1,975.00	$1,801.61
1150–1290	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,450.00–1,975.00	$1,752.25
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1090–1425	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,780.82
1100–1350	1261	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,850.00–2,025.00	$1,969.76
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1330 fancy	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
1425 fancy	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
1200 thin fleshed	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1175–1320	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,330.29	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,475.00	$2,475.00	—
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1400 fancy	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,125.00	$3,125.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025 thin fleshed	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	167.50	$167.50	$896	—
645	645	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	—

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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.