KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 12, 2026

356 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $393.15/cwt -1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,166/hd at 551 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $454.17/cwt -5.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,939/hd at 427 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $486.17/cwt -5.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,326/hd at 478 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	356	905	1,103
Feeder cattle	294	697	886
Slaughter cattle	44	82	155
Replacement cattle	18	126	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower with a few instances of steady to slightly higher. Today's offering was much smaller and contained a majority of unweaned, soft calves which were discounted. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher.

▼ Feeder heifers: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower with a few instances of steady to slightly higher
▼ Feeder steers: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 lower with a few instances of steady to slightly higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	434	8	510.00–515.00	$514.42	$2,233	-5.58
457–473	466	7	485.00–497.50	$492.25	$2,294	-14.38
543	543	9	462.50	$462.50	$2,511	-42.67
627–628	628	7	411.00–418.00	$414.00	$2,600	-10.05
684	684	7	379.00	$379.00	$2,592	-15.63
728	728	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,694	+2.72
755	755	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,756	+18.00
930–935	933	4	295.00–302.50	$298.76	$2,787	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	540.00	$540.00	$2,106	—
415–435	428	3	440.00–460.00	$453.54	$1,941	—
502–535	522	9	408.00–420.00	$412.77	$2,155	-37.31

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 fancy	265	2	625.00	$625.00	$1,656	—
285	285	6	585.00–600.00	$587.50	$1,674	+27.50
351	351	7	560.00	$560.00	$1,966	+35.00
423–445	427	20	451.00–455.00	$454.17	$1,939	-5.83
489	489	9	442.50	$442.50	$2,164	-13.39
551	551	23	392.50–394.00	$393.15	$2,166	-1.85
630–644	641	13	335.00–339.00	$336.54	$2,157	-15.86
680–690	687	3	316.00–317.50	$316.50	$2,174	—
893	893	6	269.00	$269.00	$2,402	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,472	—
351–398	362	11	420.00–470.00	$431.71	$1,563	—
465–495	474	6	395.00–412.50	$407.30	$1,931	-32.70
535	535	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,926	-27.50
610	610	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,922	—
695	695	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,998	-39.23
735	735	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,113	-2.50
815	815	1	277.00	$277.00	$2,258	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	2	211.00	$211.00	$2,912	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	2	690.00	$690.00	$1,642	±0.00
300–305	301	5	590.00–625.00	$617.91	$1,860	+17.91
358–375	364	13	535.00–545.00	$537.38	$1,956	-36.05
437	437	10	499.00	$499.00	$2,181	+4.57
472–482	477	14	471.00–485.00	$477.93	$2,280	-14.04
483 fancy	483	4	515.00	$515.00	$2,487	—
540–547	544	8	431.00–457.50	$447.64	$2,435	-7.65
614–638	619	14	395.00–409.00	$405.91	$2,513	-14.09
693	693	2	366.00	$366.00	$2,536	-12.39
730	730	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,500	—
770	770	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,464	-37.50
803	803	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,389	—
1103	1103	3	232.00	$232.00	$2,559	—
1200	1200	1	216.00	$216.00	$2,592	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	550.00–570.00	$559.63	$1,511	—
325–338	334	3	480.00–550.00	$502.73	$1,679	-17.27
445	445	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,047	+16.75
500–510	505	2	400.00–415.00	$407.57	$2,058	—
575	575	1	382.50	$382.50	$2,199	+22.50
605–618	610	5	380.00–382.50	$381.01	$2,324	—
720	720	2	321.00	$321.00	$2,311	—
1110	1110	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,331	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,765	—
530	530	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,014	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,205	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1640	1640	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,775.00	$3,775.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1505	1400	75-80%	5	154.00–166.00	$159.12	$2,228	+0.10
1290–1845	1533	75-80%	13	169.00–196.00	$182.03	$2,791	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1315	1216	80-85%	4	170.00–185.00	$177.02	$2,153	—
860–1410	1218	80-85%	3	152.50–163.00	$158.21	$1,927	—
1200–1340	1270	80-85%	2	142.50–149.00	$145.93	$1,853	-9.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1020	975	85-90%	2	155.00–160.00	$157.38	$1,534	—
895–1085	990	85-90%	2	141.00–145.00	$143.19	$1,418	—
975–1130	1023	85-90%	4	127.50–135.00	$133.16	$1,362	-8.87

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,432	—
1400–1820	1620	3	186.00–196.00	$191.68	$3,105	—
1515–1970	1743	2	213.00–215.00	$213.87	$3,728	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,815.00	$1,815.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,190.00	$2,190.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00
1220–1475	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00–3,800.00	$3,491.31

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750 thin fleshed	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
770–895	833	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,753.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,650.00	$3,650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–770	748	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1000	970	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,700.00–3,200.00	$2,957.73

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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.