KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 4, 2026

504 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $402.31/cwt +4.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,112/hd at 525 lb · 52 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $354.73/cwt +7.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,210/hd at 623 lb · 32 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $412.65/cwt -0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,563/hd at 621 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	504	626	580
Feeder cattle	341	398	472
Slaughter cattle	120	168	93
Replacement cattle	43	60	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher on a limited number of like comparisons. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded sharply lower and those over 500 lbs. were 3.00-5.00 lower. The demand for the male calves was much stronger. The few larger groups of heifers saw good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

→ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers under 500 lbs
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher on a limited number of like comparisons
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	3	600.00	$600.00	$1,788	—
368–397	391	9	515.00–520.00	$516.05	$2,018	—
476–483	480	10	520.00	$520.00	$2,496	+30.00
529	529	20	482.50	$482.50	$2,552	—
558	558	3	450.00	$450.00	$2,511	+6.00
611–644	621	22	410.00–415.00	$412.65	$2,563	-0.35
699	699	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,639	—
828	828	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,774	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,955	—
450	450	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,115	+30.00
505–538	519	5	425.00–455.00	$436.73	$2,267	—
550	550	3	385.00–420.00	$396.67	$2,182	-2.65

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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	265	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,378	—
312	312	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,435	-60.00
358–366	363	6	450.00–465.00	$454.93	$1,651	-62.57
407 fancy	407	9	457.50	$457.50	$1,862	—
428–430	429	6	435.00–445.00	$441.68	$1,895	-38.32
500–543	525	52	390.00–420.00	$402.31	$2,112	+4.81
623–625	623	32	351.00–368.00	$354.73	$2,210	+7.29
775–788	784	3	290.00–297.50	$292.47	$2,293	-22.53
818	818	2	295.00	$295.00	$2,413	—
865	865	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,465	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,531	-40.00
498	498	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,793	—
520	520	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,872	-10.00
573	573	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,006	-20.00
670	670	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,910	—
745	745	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,105	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	5	437.50	$437.50	$1,636	—
443	443	4	417.50	$417.50	$1,850	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	627.50	$627.50	$1,399	-47.50
266	266	5	600.00	$600.00	$1,596	—
347	347	3	545.00	$545.00	$1,891	—
366	366	4	545.00	$545.00	$1,995	-5.00
425	425	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,104	-6.34
478–499	491	11	460.00–485.00	$468.84	$2,302	+28.84
540	540	15	422.50	$422.50	$2,282	+14.84
615	615	9	386.00	$386.00	$2,374	+10.31
700–708	706	12	325.00–339.00	$331.70	$2,342	-8.30
835	835	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,672	+20.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,616	—
420	420	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,932	+15.00
515–545	530	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,120	+35.05
560	560	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,156	+7.50
629	629	4	342.50	$342.50	$2,154	—
748	748	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,281	—
775	775	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,344	+17.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,045.00	$3,045.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,860	-9.06
1100–1570	1334	75-80%	7	165.00–177.00	$172.37	$2,299	—
1130–1670	1380	75-80%	16	170.00–182.50	$176.73	$2,439	+1.68
1140–1670	1426	75-80%	15	185.00–200.00	$189.48	$2,702	—
1150–1980	1468	75-80%	16	179.00–194.00	$185.61	$2,725	-2.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1225	991	85-90%	4	140.00–142.50	$141.21	$1,399	—
1055–1085	1068	85-90%	4	176.00–185.00	$181.16	$1,935	+11.31
935–1450	1097	85-90%	14	160.00–171.00	$165.29	$1,813	-4.56
900–1315	1104	85-90%	7	150.00–157.50	$155.03	$1,712	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1200	1165	80-85%	2	160.00–163.00	$161.45	$1,881	—
1175–1215	1195	80-85%	2	187.50	$187.50	$2,241	—
1010–1315	1199	80-85%	4	178.00–192.00	$182.80	$2,192	—
1110–1320	1214	80-85%	4	170.00–180.00	$176.35	$2,141	+3.49
1220–1345	1284	80-85%	6	165.00–177.50	$169.59	$2,178	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635–1770	1703	2	201.00–209.50	$205.08	$3,493	—
1720–1855	1765	4	211.00–222.50	$216.54	$3,822	+11.20
1270–2155	1770	7	222.50–235.00	$229.85	$4,068	+24.51
1785	1785	1	237.00	$237.00	$4,230	+31.66

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1033–1150	1079	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,130.00–2,475.00	$2,356.50
1165–1320	1269	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00–2,650.00	$2,577.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
965–1075	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,170.00–2,230.00	$2,201.62

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1210–1450	1338	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,100.00–3,600.00	$3,099.48
1275–1435	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–3,200.00	$2,992.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
860–950	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,950.00–3,100.00	$3,059.63
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.