KY-TN Livestock Market Report

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 9, 2026

872 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $395.81/cwt +20.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,928/hd at 740 lb · 154 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $353.83/cwt +7.83 vs last sale · ≈ $3,035/hd at 858 lb · 65 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $399.82/cwt -25.18 vs last sale · ≈ $2,263/hd at 566 lb · 38 head

Guthrie, KY 7-weight steers fetched $395/cwt, the highest of the 5 yards reporting the class and $8/cwt above the KY average ($387). Receipts ran 872 head. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	872	933	875
Feeder cattle	749	758	718
Slaughter cattle	105	118	139
Replacement cattle	18	57	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to the market closure last week in observance of the July 4th holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	17	505.00	$505.00	$2,353	-2.00
510–540	538	12	442.50–450.00	$443.09	$2,384	-16.91
618–623	621	13	425.00–426.00	$425.54	$2,643	+4.93
664–683	677	37	390.00–404.00	$399.55	$2,705	+9.68
703–746	713	21	381.00–390.00	$383.24	$2,733	+7.51
741–747 value added	744	133	397.00–398.50	$397.80	$2,960	—
791	791	4	377.00	$377.00	$2,982	-8.31
857 value added	857	63	354.75	$354.75	$3,040	—
883	883	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,870	-21.00
935	935	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,852	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,226	-4.97
551	551	6	412.50	$412.50	$2,273	+24.84
605–643	639	10	375.00–380.00	$379.53	$2,425	-10.69
660	660	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,409	+25.00
773	773	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,706	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,634	—
430	430	3	465.00	$465.00	$2,000	—
490	490	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,911	—
535–540	538	2	400.00–410.00	$404.98	$2,179	—
690	690	3	317.50	$317.50	$2,191	—
740	740	2	347.50	$347.50	$2,572	—
775	775	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,635	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,824	—
695	695	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	685.00	$685.00	$1,473	—
250	250	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,400	-30.00
351	351	18	557.50	$557.50	$1,957	+17.50
434	434	28	470.00	$470.00	$2,040	—
479	479	16	432.00	$432.00	$2,069	+12.00
553–598	566	38	399.00–402.00	$399.82	$2,263	-25.18
608–633	622	35	355.00–370.00	$358.01	$2,227	—
700–729	714	9	320.00–332.50	$325.67	$2,325	-14.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	9	450.00	$450.00	$1,940	+29.00
537	537	3	407.50	$407.50	$2,188	+33.86
555	555	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,137	—
623	623	6	347.50	$347.50	$2,165	—
730	730	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,300	—
810	810	5	285.00	$285.00	$2,308	+6.00
900	900	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,498	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,372	—
285	285	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,482	—
363–373	367	7	495.00–510.00	$503.47	$1,848	—
450–490	470	2	400.00–410.00	$405.21	$1,904	—
530	530	11	385.00	$385.00	$2,040	—
595	595	1	362.50	$362.50	$2,157	—

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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	5	690.00	$690.00	$1,539	—
273	273	3	665.00	$665.00	$1,815	—
357	357	9	570.00	$570.00	$2,035	-1.95
431–435	433	19	495.00–500.00	$497.88	$2,156	—
484	484	23	480.00	$480.00	$2,323	+8.86
543	543	17	429.00	$429.00	$2,329	+16.18
550–565	562	5	385.00–395.00	$386.96	$2,175	—
600–609	608	16	380.00–388.00	$387.51	$2,356	+4.51
650–695	689	8	348.00–370.00	$350.59	$2,416	-13.41
703–738	721	4	329.00–330.00	$329.51	$2,376	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	377	6	440.00–460.00	$451.92	$1,704	—
465	465	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,930	—
573–590	579	3	345.00–370.00	$361.50	$2,093	—
650	650	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,161	—
822	822	3	302.00	$302.00	$2,482	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,568	—
320	320	2	510.00	$510.00	$1,632	—
392	392	3	415.00	$415.00	$1,627	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1150	1120	80-85%	2	185.00	$185.00	$2,072	+34.55
1065–1200	1122	80-85%	3	170.00–182.00	$174.69	$1,960	+24.24
935–1415	1219	80-85%	13	163.00–178.00	$169.56	$2,067	—
1180–1290	1235	80-85%	2	165.00–167.50	$166.31	$2,054	—
1020–1350	1247	80-85%	5	180.00–193.00	$184.66	$2,303	—
1290–1480	1378	80-85%	3	152.50–159.00	$154.82	$2,133	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	75-80%	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,594	—
1270–1425	1348	75-80%	2	180.00–182.50	$181.32	$2,444	—
1280–1670	1408	75-80%	14	168.00–180.00	$175.54	$2,472	—
1330–1700	1492	75-80%	8	184.00–200.00	$190.45	$2,842	+16.61
1675	1675	75-80%	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,848	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,852	—
810–1230	984	85-90%	10	140.00–151.00	$145.92	$1,436	—
885–1240	1075	85-90%	12	153.00–165.00	$159.34	$1,713	+4.29
1175	1175	85-90%	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,998	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,650	-40.09
1340	1340	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,546	-50.09
1500–2300	1824	7	207.50–220.00	$212.21	$3,871	—
1660–2120	1863	3	220.00–230.00	$226.21	$4,214	—
1855–1900	1882	3	238.00–258.00	$248.40	$4,675	—
1645–2200	1948	3	225.00–227.50	$226.64	$4,415	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	240.00–250.00	$245.00	$2,328
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	210.00–220.00	$215.00	$2,580

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,205

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1295 fancy	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00
1350–1470	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,200.00–3,700.00	$3,439.36
1465 fancy	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—

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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.