KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 2, 2026

754 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $403.19/cwt +28.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,900/hd at 719 lb · 86 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $527.03/cwt +11.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,240/hd at 425 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $513.21/cwt +49.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,510/hd at 489 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	754	1,003	451
Feeder cattle	613	778	283
Slaughter cattle	109	153	106
Replacement cattle	32	72	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. With the positivity in futures trading in recent days the demand was stronger across all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: With the positivity in futures trading in recent days the demand was stronger across all classes of feeder cattle
▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls traded 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
215	215	1	730.00	$730.00	$1,570	—
283	283	3	650.00	$650.00	$1,840	—
343	343	10	570.00	$570.00	$1,955	—
358–385	367	3	550.00–560.00	$553.50	$2,031	-39.00
400	400	3	532.50	$532.50	$2,130	+12.50
470–474	473	10	525.00–530.00	$529.01	$2,502	+32.07
523–542	530	15	490.00–500.00	$497.87	$2,639	+40.37
560	560	5	485.00	$485.00	$2,716	+18.00
618–619	619	16	411.00–432.50	$423.10	$2,619	—
685–697	692	9	382.50–394.00	$388.56	$2,689	-1.49
708	708	11	384.00	$384.00	$2,719	+16.50
721 value added	721	75	406.00	$406.00	$2,927	+30.00
765–784	781	6	350.00–355.00	$354.18	$2,766	+20.01
850–865	858	2	325.00–330.00	$327.48	$2,810	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–440	426	4	480.00–510.00	$497.36	$2,119	—
465–485	475	2	470.00–490.00	$480.21	$2,281	+42.71
500–535	523	3	390.00–440.00	$424.08	$2,218	+25.75
635	635	3	380.00–390.00	$386.67	$2,455	—
695	695	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,467	—
740	740	4	340.00–342.50	$340.63	$2,521	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,072	—
860	860	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,236	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	5	600.00	$600.00	$1,488	-16.22
300–311	307	8	545.00	$545.00	$1,673	—
357–371	360	19	505.00–520.00	$508.25	$1,830	-5.36
420	420	19	525.00	$525.00	$2,205	+46.80
464–482	476	31	445.00–457.50	$454.75	$2,165	-2.75
505–536	521	8	410.00–417.50	$413.86	$2,156	+12.19
554	554	11	412.50	$412.50	$2,285	+27.56
555	555	11	441.00	$441.00	$2,448	+56.06
600–633	619	22	375.00–387.50	$378.24	$2,341	+18.79
703–717	714	13	317.50–335.00	$325.98	$2,327	+34.98
808	808	3	312.00	$312.00	$2,521	+27.00
913	913	2	286.00	$286.00	$2,611	—
1048	1048	6	275.00	$275.00	$2,882	+12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,397	-56.74
362–370	363	8	440.00–470.00	$466.18	$1,692	+29.37
400–431	422	8	450.00–475.00	$461.06	$1,946	—
520–540	535	4	397.50–405.00	$399.32	$2,136	—
603–605	604	3	319.00–330.00	$322.67	$1,949	—
660	660	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,244	—
715	715	2	307.50	$307.50	$2,199	—
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	—
880	880	4	282.50	$282.50	$2,486	—
1025	1025	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,665	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	2	342.50	$342.50	$2,295	—

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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	680.00	$680.00	$1,618	+20.00
304	304	6	630.00	$630.00	$1,915	—
368–372	371	15	555.00–562.50	$561.51	$2,083	-6.02
414–433	425	36	515.00–530.00	$527.03	$2,240	+11.52
460–492	489	32	505.00–514.00	$513.21	$2,510	+49.67
524	524	7	507.50	$507.50	$2,659	—
553	553	26	462.00	$462.00	$2,555	+31.00
600–612	611	13	429.00–436.00	$435.47	$2,661	+42.97
708	708	6	367.00	$367.00	$2,598	—
758	758	2	332.50	$332.50	$2,520	+1.95
825	825	2	304.00	$304.00	$2,508	+4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	3	560.00–600.00	$573.18	$1,679	+42.12
310	310	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,674	+45.56
360–385	373	2	450.00–490.00	$470.67	$1,756	-25.72
405	405	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,944	-3.11
470–495	487	3	430.00–435.00	$433.39	$2,111	+18.39
521	521	6	460.00	$460.00	$2,397	+60.81
603	603	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,427	+34.33
738–748	744	7	310.00–327.50	$318.98	$2,373	+8.98

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,222	—
1350	1350	75-80%	1	177.50	$177.50	$2,396	+12.38
1120–1810	1376	75-80%	21	171.00–195.00	$181.14	$2,492	+16.02
1420–1910	1596	75-80%	5	181.00–196.00	$188.79	$3,013	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–890	865	85-90%	2	125.00–127.50	$126.21	$1,092	—
890–1000	941	85-90%	7	142.50–150.00	$145.94	$1,373	+11.31
935–1260	1068	85-90%	7	165.00–175.00	$170.55	$1,821	+12.33
1020–1280	1096	85-90%	7	152.50–160.00	$156.18	$1,712	-2.04
1140	1140	85-90%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,767	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	80-85%	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,640	—
950–1205	1125	80-85%	11	169.00–189.00	$176.29	$1,983	—
1015–1325	1128	80-85%	5	162.00–167.50	$165.02	$1,861	—
1110–1170	1140	80-85%	2	147.00–150.00	$148.46	$1,692	—
1125–1325	1210	80-85%	4	177.50–195.00	$185.52	$2,245	+13.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480	1480	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,886	—
1630	1630	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,690	-9.71
1295–2120	1786	8	205.00–220.00	$210.44	$3,758	+7.94
1995–2105	2047	3	190.00–202.50	$196.43	$4,021	—
1995–2385	2190	2	215.00–230.00	$221.83	$4,858	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1285	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,725.00–2,940.00	$2,852.94

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1010	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,130.00–2,220.00	$2,175.45

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00
1125–1245	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,900.00–2,950.00	$2,926.27
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912	912	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1300 fancy	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	4,200.00	$4,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–840	792	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,332.95
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,093	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	-400.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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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.