KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 30, 2025

859 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $268.66/cwt -10.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,081/hd at 775 lb · 88 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $272.89/cwt -13.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 544 lb · 59 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $284.17/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,361/hd at 479 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	859	397	838
Feeder cattle	729	335	707
Slaughter cattle	108	50	94
Replacement cattle	22	12	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. The demand for feeders was weaker especially on the non-weaned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	417.00	$417.00	$1,230	—
370–383	380	4	380.00–395.00	$391.35	$1,487	—
410	410	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,476	+30.00
462	462	8	346.00	$346.00	$1,599	—
519 value added	519	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,765	—
505–545	529	6	312.50–327.00	$317.87	$1,682	+8.87
550	550	17	316.00	$316.00	$1,738	—
610 value added	610	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,891	—
619–624	622	27	281.00–299.00	$289.80	$1,803	-1.64
655–683	679	7	271.00–280.00	$272.24	$1,849	-5.28
715–740	724	19	255.00–264.00	$262.82	$1,903	-1.18
750–776	771	23	249.00–255.00	$250.04	$1,928	-8.96
776 value added	776	65	275.25	$275.25	$2,136	-4.75
802–836	827	19	244.00–250.00	$248.47	$2,055	-4.53
855–891	884	5	240.00–242.00	$241.61	$2,136	—
975	975	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,291	—
1135	1135	3	206.00	$206.00	$2,338	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,314	—
403	403	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,310	—
480	480	2	302.00	$302.00	$1,450	—
535–548	544	3	247.50–275.00	$265.98	$1,447	—
580	580	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,531	-23.50
611–643	620	10	259.00–270.00	$267.21	$1,657	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,334	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	365.00	$365.00	$766	—
250–293	271	11	330.00–350.00	$342.16	$927	-32.84
309	309	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,051	-16.46
357–359	358	14	337.00	$337.00	$1,206	+17.00
403–417	414	13	290.00–306.00	$302.40	$1,252	+4.42
455–486	479	49	275.00–292.00	$284.17	$1,361	+3.17
542 value added	542	11	277.50	$277.50	$1,504	—
538–549	545	48	269.00–273.50	$271.83	$1,481	-6.17
561	561	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,515	-3.50
615–640	628	37	240.00–252.00	$250.68	$1,574	+2.47
704	704	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,795	+26.00
703–712	709	15	216.00–222.00	$218.61	$1,550	-10.39
716–730 value added	721	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,730	—
790	790	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,722	—
820–830	825	2	217.50–220.00	$218.74	$1,805	-7.26
905	905	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,036	—
1050	1050	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,100	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	310.00	$310.00	$992	+15.00
368–393	374	8	297.50–302.50	$298.81	$1,118	+23.81
449	449	8	272.00	$272.00	$1,221	—
535	535	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,284	-28.87
920	920	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,817	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,188	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	3	385.00	$385.00	$808	—
262	262	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,022	—
305–330	322	3	372.50–380.00	$377.63	$1,216	+17.63
350–370	359	4	345.00–365.00	$352.65	$1,266	—
371 fancy	371	7	382.50	$382.50	$1,419	—
427–449	436	29	324.00–331.00	$328.02	$1,430	-8.98
470	470	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,516	-3.50
491 fancy	491	29	334.00	$334.00	$1,640	—
538	538	8	290.00	$290.00	$1,560	-9.99
557 fancy	557	15	301.00	$301.00	$1,677	—
619–625	619	13	260.00–275.00	$273.84	$1,695	+1.84
719–745	721	12	237.50–250.00	$248.92	$1,795	-8.08
773	773	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,701	-13.00
828	828	12	220.00	$220.00	$1,822	-9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	335.00	$335.00	$938	—
305	305	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,037	—
380	380	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,216	—
400	400	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,180	—
453	453	4	296.00	$296.00	$1,341	—
544	544	6	267.00	$267.00	$1,452	—
623–640	635	7	247.00–249.00	$247.56	$1,572	—
655–665	660	2	245.00–250.00	$247.48	$1,633	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,288	—
592	592	5	276.00	$276.00	$1,634	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,440	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1660	1376	75-80%	10	125.00–134.00	$132.23	$1,819	-9.94
1155–1880	1429	75-80%	19	135.00–154.00	$140.84	$2,013	—
1475	1475	75-80%	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,652	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1080	983	85-90%	4	88.00–102.50	$96.90	$953	—
925–1200	1008	85-90%	6	105.00–115.00	$110.21	$1,111	-13.80
885–1390	1098	85-90%	14	117.00–129.00	$121.17	$1,330	—
885–1305	1177	85-90%	5	130.00–132.00	$131.35	$1,546	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1455	1208	80-85%	3	111.00–114.00	$112.81	$1,363	-27.01
1145–1295	1210	80-85%	8	133.00–140.00	$136.82	$1,656	-3.00
1025–1370	1227	80-85%	14	121.00–132.00	$125.94	$1,545	+0.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1785	1397	5	140.00–158.00	$151.42	$2,115	—
1185–2000	1736	11	170.00–183.00	$175.09	$3,040	—
1585–1950	1768	5	160.00–166.00	$163.40	$2,889	-3.10

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105 thin fleshed	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1110–1265	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,725.00–2,000.00	$1,824.82
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,975.00–2,125.00	$2,050.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1075	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,634.89
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

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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
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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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.