KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 28, 2025

713 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $373.75/cwt -4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,844/hd at 761 lb · 64 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $334.35/cwt -11.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,036/hd at 609 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $391.68/cwt -17.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,704/hd at 435 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	713	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,674	—
420	420	3	482.50	$482.50	$2,026	+28.50
459	459	7	457.50	$457.50	$2,100	—
518	518	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,253	+35.00
558 value added	558	14	425.00	$425.00	$2,372	—
635–637	637	9	343.00–350.00	$348.45	$2,220	-20.55
685–690	687	5	340.00–344.00	$341.61	$2,347	-2.15
708	708	4	329.00	$329.00	$2,329	+2.00
761 value added	761	64	373.75	$373.75	$2,844	-5.50
865–878	874	5	300.00–316.00	$306.80	$2,681	—
935	935	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,758	—
1130	1130	3	279.00	$279.00	$3,153	+4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,892	+62.50
460–490	475	2	385.00–405.00	$394.68	$1,875	+49.68
532–549	544	11	394.00–395.00	$394.27	$2,145	—
735	735	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,168	+22.50
855	855	1	289.00	$289.00	$2,471	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	244.00	$244.00	$2,965	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	7	470.00	$470.00	$1,250	—
360	360	20	450.00	$450.00	$1,620	+22.50
427–449	435	26	387.50–394.00	$391.68	$1,704	-17.32
484 fancy	484	14	411.00	$411.00	$1,989	—
547	547	25	366.50	$366.50	$2,005	—
557–594	571	13	345.00–346.00	$345.60	$1,973	-7.40
622	622	15	338.00	$338.00	$2,102	+6.14
670–691	682	9	333.00–335.00	$333.87	$2,277	—
702	702	3	304.00	$304.00	$2,134	-3.39
703–720 value added	717	10	346.00–350.00	$349.22	$2,504	—
788	788	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,364	—
805	805	4	282.50–290.00	$284.38	$2,289	-5.62
1200	1200	1	211.00	$211.00	$2,532	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	218	3	395.00–400.00	$396.72	$865	—
283	283	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,160	+5.00
338	338	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,251	+5.00
355–390	368	6	355.00–385.00	$372.77	$1,372	+2.77
448–449	449	9	325.00–360.00	$352.24	$1,582	—
545	545	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,867	+17.50
717–735	726	6	261.00–287.50	$274.41	$1,992	—
775	775	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,170	—
910	910	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,480	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–599	593	6	327.50–331.00	$330.45	$1,960	—
614–633	625	16	317.00–323.00	$319.58	$1,997	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,654	—
990	990	1	242.50	$242.50	$2,401	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,703	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,493	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–299	283	6	492.50–520.00	$511.85	$1,449	-0.65
372	372	12	487.50	$487.50	$1,814	+27.50
430	430	11	473.00	$473.00	$2,034	+9.00
481	481	19	441.00	$441.00	$2,121	+14.00
545–547	547	24	392.50–405.00	$401.88	$2,198	—
603–610	609	30	326.00–336.00	$334.35	$2,036	-11.15
708	708	14	316.00	$316.00	$2,237	+0.14
755–790	769	9	288.00–295.00	$293.24	$2,255	-6.76
830	830	1	242.50	$242.50	$2,013	—
875	875	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,100	—
940	940	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,998	—
1215	1215	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,734	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	460.00	$460.00	$989	—
335–345	342	5	410.00–450.00	$422.98	$1,447	—
380	380	3	435.00–440.00	$438.33	$1,666	+58.33
452–468	456	9	370.00–390.00	$385.43	$1,758	-7.00
532	532	10	382.50	$382.50	$2,035	+19.50
580–595	593	10	325.00–346.50	$342.97	$2,034	-4.53
633	633	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,026	-12.75
657–685	671	6	293.00–309.50	$301.42	$2,023	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1635	1352	75-80%	15	166.00–182.50	$172.85	$2,337	—
1365–1395	1382	75-80%	3	140.00–149.00	$144.32	$1,995	—
1130–1760	1428	75-80%	13	150.00–165.00	$160.89	$2,298	-15.82
1505	1505	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,333	-24.73
1270–1730	1518	75-80%	5	172.00–180.00	$176.63	$2,681	+11.63
1785	1785	75-80%	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,856	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1290	1141	80-85%	14	166.00–179.00	$172.38	$1,967	—
945–1330	1160	80-85%	12	154.00–163.00	$159.53	$1,851	-21.62
1215	1215	80-85%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,470	—
1115–1285	1223	80-85%	3	172.00–186.00	$176.43	$2,158	—
1145–1435	1279	80-85%	7	140.00–148.00	$144.30	$1,846	-21.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	85-90%	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,764	+46.56
860–1195	1028	85-90%	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,542	-7.24
930–1170	1050	85-90%	2	157.00–158.00	$157.56	$1,654	—
895–1205	1090	85-90%	5	142.50–149.00	$145.78	$1,589	—
920–1290	1093	85-90%	8	129.00–140.00	$134.71	$1,472	—
1270	1270	85-90%	1	162.50	$162.50	$2,064	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1885	1385	4	182.00–184.00	$182.99	$2,534	-43.01
1480–1700	1585	4	192.50–200.00	$198.05	$3,139	+3.52
1350–2210	1708	16	192.00–204.00	$199.60	$3,409	—
1600–1900	1802	10	217.50–235.00	$220.24	$3,969	—
1705–2070	1868	9	204.00–215.00	$211.27	$3,947	+11.23
1370–2390	1935	7	206.00–218.00	$210.19	$4,067	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1155	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,025.00–2,250.00	$2,139.99
1070–1270	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,500.00–2,650.00	$2,602.48
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1150–1285	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,250.00–2,800.00	$2,535.80
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1260	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1155–1485	1306	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,275.00–2,750.00	$2,555.82
1285–1735	1510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,150.00–2,850.00	$2,552.15

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–995	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,382.91
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1065–1135	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,150.00–2,175.00	$2,162.90
1100 thin fleshed	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1095–1115	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,725.00–2,325.00	$2,033.87

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020 fancy	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1065–1120	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,575.00	$2,459.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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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	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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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.