KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 15, 2025

823 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $366.26/cwt +6.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,085/hd at 569 lb · 61 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $348.00/cwt +2.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,733/hd at 498 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $329.50/cwt -3.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,802/hd at 547 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	823	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,365	—
374 fancy	374	7	445.00	$445.00	$1,664	—
430–448	441	15	410.00–430.00	$417.80	$1,842	—
476	476	12	383.50	$383.50	$1,825	-16.50
512 value added	512	21	381.00	$381.00	$1,951	+1.00
528	528	8	347.00–350.00	$348.50	$1,840	-14.00
554–595	557	33	347.50–355.00	$353.76	$1,970	-6.24
584 value added	584	28	381.00	$381.00	$2,225	—
625–635	635	26	326.00–332.00	$331.77	$2,107	-11.23
710–726	716	22	280.00–295.00	$292.25	$2,093	-10.75
755–790	777	5	275.00–279.00	$276.98	$2,152	—
808–809	809	12	274.00–278.00	$276.67	$2,238	-5.83
882	882	10	268.00	$268.00	$2,364	—
1023	1023	2	233.00	$233.00	$2,384	-7.56
1109	1109	9	228.50	$228.50	$2,534	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	433	4	330.00–380.00	$356.03	$1,542	—
563–592	573	6	300.00–322.50	$314.75	$1,804	—
613	613	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,839	+35.00
693	693	2	274.00	$274.00	$1,899	—
775	775	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,976	+10.00
805	805	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,012	—
1140	1140	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,337	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,850	—
767	767	6	266.00	$266.00	$2,040	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	2	194.00	$194.00	$2,580	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	3	435.00	$435.00	$970	—
293	293	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,187	+20.00
367	367	18	409.00	$409.00	$1,501	+14.44
431–436	432	30	360.00–364.00	$363.33	$1,570	-11.67
498	498	38	348.00	$348.00	$1,733	+2.16
547	547	31	329.50	$329.50	$1,802	-3.33
555	555	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,832	—
611	611	13	291.00	$291.00	$1,778	-3.86
672–692	686	10	261.00–264.00	$261.88	$1,796	+0.88
715–726	721	7	251.00–255.00	$252.70	$1,822	-2.30
795	795	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,769	—
800–845	834	4	225.00–229.00	$225.96	$1,885	—
915–938	934	6	219.00–224.00	$219.82	$2,053	-2.68
985	985	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,044	-2.50
1085	1085	2	198.00	$198.00	$2,148	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–398	394	4	365.00–380.00	$372.58	$1,468	+32.58
408–439	430	7	320.00–325.00	$323.64	$1,392	-8.86
465	465	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,418	—
500–533	528	7	293.00–300.00	$293.95	$1,552	-5.81
580	580	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,580	—
620–630	625	4	252.50–265.00	$258.70	$1,617	-8.07
825	825	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	10	308.00	$308.00	$1,632	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,497	—
700	700	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,312	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–243	234	5	485.00–515.00	$496.29	$1,161	—
288	288	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,253	—
313	313	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,362	-7.16
365 fancy	365	14	445.00	$445.00	$1,624	—
368	368	6	402.50	$402.50	$1,481	-30.40
434 fancy	434	15	423.00	$423.00	$1,836	—
480	480	16	380.00	$380.00	$1,824	+9.50
534–540	538	18	324.00–345.00	$338.05	$1,819	-6.53
621	621	18	317.00	$317.00	$1,969	+29.01
697	697	8	293.00	$293.00	$2,042	—
727	727	5	277.50	$277.50	$2,017	—
762–798	769	11	267.50–277.50	$275.61	$2,119	+8.11
892	892	3	233.00	$233.00	$2,078	+8.00
935	935	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,964	—
980–990	985	2	205.00–225.00	$215.05	$2,118	—
1025	1025	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,101	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	323	4	405.00–410.00	$406.16	$1,312	—
411–443	424	11	342.50–380.00	$367.13	$1,557	+2.22
475	475	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,686	+40.00
543	543	2	317.00	$317.00	$1,721	+7.76
555–585	568	4	270.00–290.00	$274.89	$1,561	-22.61
620	620	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,798	+26.72
657–685	668	5	270.00–272.50	$271.47	$1,813	+31.47

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1385	1338	75-80%	2	135.00–140.00	$137.41	$1,839	-14.39
1295–1445	1366	75-80%	4	155.00–162.50	$159.67	$2,181	—
1150–1860	1429	75-80%	35	160.00–175.00	$165.26	$2,362	+6.39
1175–1720	1435	75-80%	14	149.00–159.00	$155.55	$2,232	-3.32
1315–1700	1508	75-80%	2	164.00–167.50	$165.53	$2,496	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1065	957	85-90%	3	126.00–128.00	$126.63	$1,212	+6.23
815–1150	978	85-90%	17	157.00–172.50	$164.60	$1,610	+44.20
800–1215	1025	85-90%	19	142.00–155.00	$148.94	$1,527	-9.25
1055	1055	85-90%	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,556	-5.00
825–1390	1091	85-90%	13	130.00–140.00	$135.67	$1,480	-5.99
935–1275	1105	85-90%	2	130.00–135.00	$132.88	$1,468	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1170	1165	80-85%	2	150.00–152.50	$151.24	$1,762	-11.12
970–1335	1173	80-85%	24	160.00–184.00	$167.24	$1,962	+11.36
1190	1190	80-85%	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,934	+28.08
1045–1415	1193	80-85%	13	146.00–159.00	$155.15	$1,851	+20.73
1350–1375	1363	80-85%	2	135.00–140.00	$137.52	$1,874	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2030	1528	6	157.50–177.50	$167.40	$2,558	+0.96
1480–1565	1528	3	192.50–197.50	$195.82	$2,992	+29.38
1250–1765	1536	6	190.00–197.00	$193.11	$2,966	+26.67
1455–1825	1640	2	173.00–187.50	$179.43	$2,943	—
1220–2310	1763	5	180.00–185.00	$182.30	$3,214	—
1680–2020	1878	3	215.00–221.00	$218.85	$4,110	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1230	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,600.00	$2,305.18
1100–1400	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	2,000.00–2,650.00	$2,531.92
1125–1690	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,950.00–2,725.00	$2,402.47

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
985–1065	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,450.00	$2,281.83

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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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
975 thin fleshed	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	+150.00

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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
1445	1445	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.