KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 26, 2026

866 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $410.14/cwt +21.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,791/hd at 681 lb · 152 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $396.88/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $2,868/hd at 723 lb · 143 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $441.12/cwt +11.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,131/hd at 483 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	866	1,342	1,079
Feeder cattle	715	1,048	854
Slaughter cattle	105	148	155
Replacement cattle	46	146	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 10.00-12.00 lower. The 400-600 lb. heifers traded 4.00-5.00 higher and the remainder were sharply lower. The smaller number in today's offering resulted in much smaller group size along with several soft, new crop type calves lowered the demand on all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 1.00-3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,790	-75.00
410	410	3	480.00	$480.00	$1,968	-21.23
453–493	467	23	467.50–490.00	$474.79	$2,217	-7.71
528–540	532	12	447.50–467.50	$461.69	$2,456	-5.86
575–577	576	8	427.50–430.00	$428.44	$2,468	—
605–627	621	11	390.00–407.50	$393.99	$2,447	-19.13
651–667	658	9	370.00–382.50	$380.59	$2,504	-7.70
679–684 value added	682	143	412.00	$412.00	$2,810	—
705–713	709	4	360.00–370.00	$365.03	$2,588	-15.62
715–730 value added	723	139	396.25–399.50	$397.80	$2,876	-11.95
750	750	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,512	—
810	810	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,592	—
991	991	9	295.00	$295.00	$2,923	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,245	—
500	500	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,200	—
735–736	736	12	350.00–352.50	$352.08	$2,591	-15.42

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,532	—
500–545	534	4	400.00–440.00	$420.42	$2,245	-8.09
588	588	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,176	—
680	680	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,329	-27.50
725–740	733	2	320.00–340.00	$329.90	$2,418	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,361	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	630.00	$630.00	$1,279	—
318–320	319	5	530.00–555.00	$540.04	$1,723	-39.96
358	358	4	520.00	$520.00	$1,862	-15.50
410–433	432	18	475.00–490.00	$475.79	$2,055	+5.42
460–495	483	24	430.00–455.00	$441.12	$2,131	+11.32
505–546	529	18	397.50–410.00	$404.98	$2,142	-1.51
552–585	553	24	380.00–410.00	$381.32	$2,109	+2.27
606–625	607	21	325.00–340.00	$333.44	$2,024	-37.03
670	670	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,178	-36.75
718–720	719	8	299.00–305.00	$302.00	$2,171	-53.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,224	-90.00
395	395	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,817	+40.00
450–458	456	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,870	+10.00
533	533	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,972	±0.00
600–610	603	3	300.00–310.00	$303.37	$1,829	-43.63
675	675	2	310.00–315.00	$312.50	$2,109	-32.50
745	745	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,179	—
765	765	2	275.00	$275.00	$2,104	—
870	870	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,371	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	8	490.00	$490.00	$1,872	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,450	—
595	595	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,964	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1423	1423	2	224.00	$224.00	$3,188	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,701	-29.86
365	365	12	560.00	$560.00	$2,044	-52.79
405–441	431	19	485.00–499.00	$491.52	$2,118	-32.87
476	476	10	462.50	$462.50	$2,202	-53.50
538–542	540	11	435.00–452.50	$444.51	$2,400	-12.52
552 fancy	552	15	456.00	$456.00	$2,517	—
603–607	607	19	390.00–410.00	$407.91	$2,476	+2.04
650–690	677	3	360.00–362.50	$361.70	$2,449	+12.80
702	702	10	346.00	$346.00	$2,429	-6.89
1210	1210	1	260.00	$260.00	$3,146	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,290	—
275	275	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,430	—
330–346	343	6	480.00–540.00	$489.61	$1,679	—
360–395	374	5	455.00–510.00	$486.76	$1,820	-63.04
455–460	459	4	435.00–450.00	$438.72	$2,014	-25.55
600–610	605	2	360.00–380.00	$370.08	$2,239	-9.92
773	773	2	312.50	$312.50	$2,416	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1455	1254	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	2,600.00–3,675.00	$3,130.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,396	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,986	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	75-80%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,653	—
1330	1330	75-80%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,809	—
1190–1670	1429	75-80%	13	150.00–161.00	$156.69	$2,239	-21.65
1215–1965	1446	75-80%	15	164.00–182.00	$170.37	$2,464	-7.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1100	943	85-90%	10	117.50–135.00	$128.48	$1,212	—
935–1105	1000	85-90%	4	162.50–175.00	$169.69	$1,697	+26.31
890–1305	1121	85-90%	11	137.50–148.00	$141.02	$1,581	—
985–1320	1136	85-90%	4	150.00–155.00	$152.47	$1,732	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1230	1179	80-85%	4	167.00–170.00	$168.15	$1,982	+21.53
1155–1240	1198	80-85%	2	121.00–122.50	$121.72	$1,458	-24.90
1120–1485	1225	80-85%	9	153.00–161.00	$157.66	$1,931	-2.47
1205–1425	1308	80-85%	6	143.00–147.00	$145.46	$1,903	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–2090	1746	5	200.00–208.00	$202.85	$3,542	—
1310–1955	1754	6	188.00–195.00	$191.47	$3,358	—
1510–2050	1798	11	172.50–185.00	$179.06	$3,219	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1085–1435	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,325.00–2,800.00	$2,523.47

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
882–970	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,273.17

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1170–1280	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,750.00–3,100.00	$2,961.99
1115–1440	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,668.47
1540	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

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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	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	4,650.00	$4,650.00	—
1195–1360	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00–3,750.00	$3,457.24	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.