KY-TN Livestock Market Report, Guthrie, KY

Guthrie, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 15, 2026

780 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $365.07/cwt -1.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,618/hd at 717 lb · 80 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $330.42/cwt -20.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,053/hd at 621 lb · 33 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $372.95/cwt +14.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,326/hd at 624 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	780	949	833
Feeder cattle	571	816	639
Slaughter cattle	95	109	164
Replacement cattle	114	24	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded sharply higher and those over 500 lbs. were 4.00-6.00 lower. There was strong demand for all calves under 500 lbs. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

↕ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded sharply higher and those over 500 lbs were 4.00-6.00 lower
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: There was strong demand for all calves under 500 lbs Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: There was strong demand for all calves under 500 lbs Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 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
285	285	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,539	—
358	358	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,808	+12.50
424	424	5	460.00	$460.00	$1,950	-5.00
475–489	483	7	430.00–432.50	$431.05	$2,082	-2.95
503 fancy	503	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,188	—
535–545	539	17	391.00–405.00	$393.17	$2,119	+5.67
580–594	584	15	389.00–392.50	$389.95	$2,277	—
600 value added	600	7	391.00	$391.00	$2,346	—
610–648	630	26	364.00–385.00	$368.09	$2,319	+9.68
670	670	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,178	-10.00
716 value added	716	65	374.25	$374.25	$2,680	+4.75
700–743	722	15	320.00–330.00	$325.28	$2,349	-2.55
810	810	2	302.50	$302.50	$2,450	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,677	—
480–481	481	7	330.00–370.00	$335.70	$1,615	-64.30
505–526	520	12	340.00–370.00	$361.17	$1,878	+17.17
565–568	567	5	340.00–360.00	$352.03	$1,996	+42.03
633	633	8	346.00	$346.00	$2,190	+28.50
745	745	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,310	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	7	380.00	$380.00	$1,839	—
566	566	5	319.00	$319.00	$1,806	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	4	490.00	$490.00	$1,426	+40.00
356–393	368	6	435.00–450.00	$444.67	$1,636	+17.80
418 fancy	418	8	472.50	$472.50	$1,975	—
479	479	20	410.00	$410.00	$1,964	+35.45
529–543	535	24	347.50–362.50	$356.39	$1,907	-8.61
558–570	563	27	337.00–345.00	$342.93	$1,931	-6.57
606 value added	606	11	353.00	$353.00	$2,139	-16.00
619–648	629	22	317.50–320.00	$319.13	$2,007	-14.32
652	652	7	317.00	$317.00	$2,067	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–248	242	3	425.00–430.00	$428.42	$1,037	—
375–390	380	3	390.00–425.00	$413.03	$1,570	+58.03
425	425	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,806	+75.00
470	470	1	362.00	$362.00	$1,701	—
598	598	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,902	+12.00
683	683	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,926	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–547	539	4	335.00–337.00	$336.52	$1,814	—
691	691	7	291.00	$291.00	$2,011	—
724	724	4	283.00	$283.00	$2,049	+12.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	4	600.00	$600.00	$1,458	—
313	313	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,690	+36.73
356–375	360	15	455.00–480.00	$476.18	$1,714	-7.82
421	421	13	460.00	$460.00	$1,937	-4.00
451–481	467	24	429.00–455.00	$440.50	$2,057	+25.50
557	557	21	386.00	$386.00	$2,150	+39.00
614	614	25	346.00	$346.00	$2,124	+12.00
680–698	696	10	315.00–320.00	$315.49	$2,196	+8.99
765	765	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,180	+9.00
840	840	4	275.00	$275.00	$2,310	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,334	+5.57
360–390	375	2	410.00–440.00	$424.40	$1,592	-25.60
438	438	5	412.50	$412.50	$1,807	—
538	538	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,856	+7.59
593–595	594	3	320.00–328.00	$322.67	$1,917	—
600–645	634	4	317.50–330.00	$320.46	$2,032	+5.46
783	783	2	274.00	$274.00	$2,145	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528–530	528	10	375.00–380.00	$375.50	$1,983	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,888	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1400	1290	75-80%	3	135.00–140.00	$137.44	$1,773	—
1150–1815	1401	75-80%	15	140.00–147.50	$144.20	$2,020	—
1140–1675	1432	75-80%	19	130.00–139.00	$136.66	$1,957	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1460	1222	80-85%	13	129.00–138.00	$132.58	$1,620	+5.06
1180–1290	1227	80-85%	3	140.00–141.00	$140.33	$1,722	+12.81
1260	1260	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,701	—
1275–1390	1333	80-85%	2	121.00–124.00	$122.56	$1,634	—
1390	1390	80-85%	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,564	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1030	991	85-90%	4	141.00–146.00	$144.30	$1,430	—
915–1250	1094	85-90%	4	131.00–139.00	$134.06	$1,467	—
1005–1240	1094	85-90%	4	103.00–110.00	$107.10	$1,172	—
905–1255	1099	85-90%	7	120.00–128.00	$123.49	$1,357	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1875	1527	10	172.50–183.00	$177.58	$2,712	—
1225–1975	1769	4	155.00–169.00	$164.09	$2,903	—
1935–2125	2030	2	189.00–192.00	$190.57	$3,869	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,827

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,087

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1335 fancy	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,825.00	$3,825.00
1345	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1120–1560	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,435.97
1370–1470	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,475.88
1555–1600	1578	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,450.00	$2,323.22

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1065	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,150.00	$1,991.44
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1150	1051	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	3,450.00–4,250.00	$4,016.50
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–975	953	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	3,400.00–3,700.00	$3,549.51

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	4,275.00	$4,275.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—

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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.