KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 27, 2025

948 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $275.98/cwt +19.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,750/hd at 634 lb · 110 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $247.04/cwt +19.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,195/hd at 888 lb · 58 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $336.17/cwt +51.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,620/hd at 482 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	948	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	382.50	$382.50	$1,190	—
355–390	373	8	382.50–390.00	$386.07	$1,440	+62.49
413	413	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,446	+45.00
428 fancy	428	2	377.50	$377.50	$1,616	—
461	461	7	349.00	$349.00	$1,609	+37.00
473 fancy	473	12	357.00	$357.00	$1,689	—
504–538 value added	523	16	337.00–340.00	$338.74	$1,772	—
510–541	539	18	312.50–333.50	$332.40	$1,792	—
553 value added	553	3	331.00	$331.00	$1,830	-7.00
588	588	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,823	-1.00
620	620	17	300.00	$300.00	$1,860	+24.16
620 value added	620	17	302.00	$302.00	$1,872	—
706–725	709	7	259.00–273.00	$270.95	$1,921	+12.29
760–788	776	7	240.00–253.50	$246.72	$1,915	-11.49
810–840	836	7	245.00–247.50	$245.35	$2,051	—
855	855	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,009	+7.50
889 value added	889	57	247.25	$247.25	$2,198	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	329.00	$329.00	$1,596	+44.00
505	505	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,540	—
565	565	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,638	+20.53
600–645	628	8	260.00–274.00	$271.00	$1,702	+18.00
650–680	665	2	252.50–256.00	$254.29	$1,691	+6.37
720	720	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,742	—
793	793	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,824	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,692	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	5	370.00	$370.00	$973	—
306–333	320	12	357.50–367.50	$362.71	$1,161	—
362–370	366	23	359.00–362.50	$360.81	$1,321	+70.81
432–443	439	29	327.00–342.00	$331.52	$1,455	+19.28
478	478	31	299.00	$299.00	$1,429	+29.00
549	549	30	288.00	$288.00	$1,581	+16.43
551–555	551	10	267.50–276.00	$275.14	$1,516	—
600–621	616	27	260.00–268.00	$262.07	$1,614	+5.57
640 value added	640	83	280.50	$280.50	$1,795	—
667–696	691	17	243.00–258.00	$249.56	$1,724	+7.56
720	720	3	249.00	$249.00	$1,793	—
765	765	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,737	—
815	815	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,834	-11.25
885	885	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,036	—
925	925	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,919	-0.50
988	988	6	197.00	$197.00	$1,946	—
1014	1014	9	199.00	$199.00	$2,018	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	300.00	$300.00	$690	—
275–290	283	2	300.00–350.00	$324.34	$918	—
357–362	360	8	315.00–337.50	$329.14	$1,185	—
408–435	429	9	300.00–305.00	$303.38	$1,302	+18.24
475–495	488	3	285.00–290.00	$288.38	$1,407	—
570	570	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,268	-16.38
640	640	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,440	—
815–820	818	2	200.00–205.00	$202.49	$1,656	—
885	885	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,805	—
1075	1075	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	8	274.00	$274.00	$1,488	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–248	242	7	380.00–400.00	$382.42	$925	—
307 fancy	307	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,228	—
316	316	5	372.50	$372.50	$1,177	+22.50
363–379	372	9	367.50–375.00	$371.75	$1,383	+49.25
429	429	18	360.00	$360.00	$1,544	+53.04
468–485	482	46	336.00–337.00	$336.17	$1,620	+51.17
541	541	11	313.00	$313.00	$1,693	+23.00
552 fancy	552	33	333.00	$333.00	$1,838	—
622 fancy	622	30	301.00	$301.00	$1,872	—
642	642	6	273.00	$273.00	$1,753	+12.00
702	702	19	261.00	$261.00	$1,832	+26.00
770	770	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,732	—
805–837	833	8	223.00–227.50	$223.54	$1,862	+14.54
915	915	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,967	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,006	—
368–390	375	3	290.00–320.00	$309.61	$1,161	—
430	430	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,440	+85.00
460	460	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,362	+38.07
510–540	528	3	267.50–275.00	$270.86	$1,430	—
553–578	559	8	262.50–283.00	$277.70	$1,552	+36.83
620–630	625	2	235.00–250.00	$242.56	$1,516	—
693	693	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,705	—
738	738	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,753	+20.50

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1820	1440	75-80%	27	140.00–153.00	$145.83	$2,100	—
1265–1835	1468	75-80%	14	128.00–139.00	$135.84	$1,994	—
1820	1820	75-80%	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,257	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1315	1147	80-85%	10	140.00–157.50	$144.92	$1,662	—
1100–1520	1263	80-85%	21	124.00–139.00	$131.32	$1,659	+3.76
1235–1335	1284	80-85%	4	115.00–122.00	$118.70	$1,524	-8.86
1150–1465	1358	80-85%	3	99.00–108.00	$102.58	$1,393	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–865	835	85-90%	2	105.00–110.00	$107.59	$898	—
860–1075	985	85-90%	3	137.50–143.00	$140.31	$1,382	+18.11
880–1205	1001	85-90%	10	116.00–120.00	$117.79	$1,179	-16.17
860–1385	1100	85-90%	16	122.00–135.00	$126.57	$1,392	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1900	1696	7	142.00–156.00	$150.63	$2,555	—
1115–2375	1737	13	158.00–169.00	$162.94	$2,830	—
1410–2285	1923	8	170.00–179.00	$174.92	$3,364	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1100–1245	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,650.00	$2,488.71
1060–1360	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,350.00	$2,319.54
1150–1250	1217	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,100.00–2,850.00	$2,653.08
1220–1305	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,800.00–1,875.00	$1,825.03
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1150–1545	1297	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,225.00–2,450.00	$2,370.81
1290–1310	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,924.42
1525	1525	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
992	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00
975–1120	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,100.00–2,350.00	$2,294.22
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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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
1100 thin fleshed	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,975.00	$2,975.00	—
1170–1200	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–2,975.00	$2,839.24	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1100–1580	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,350.00–3,000.00	$2,787.60	—
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,281	—

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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.