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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 11

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 48▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 1▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.84/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$137.84

14 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$354

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3

$19.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.37

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	139.21	768	13thin
Small and Medium 2-3	345	120.00	414	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.21/cwt here — about $354 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

137.84

—

KY average27 barns · 2,269 hd

138.22

−0.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,530	74.67	1,142	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,217	40.02	487	4thin

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	156.33/cwt	152.00–160.00	427	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	303	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	421	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	722	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	260	127.08/cwt	125.00–131.00	330	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	138.76/cwt	134.00–141.00	506	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	142.01/cwt	141.00–143.00	579	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	730	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 2-3	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	638	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	143.03/cwt	141.00–145.00	677	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	146.89/cwt	145.00–151.00	777	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	140.03/cwt	139.00–141.00	791	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,455	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,164	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,075	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	36.03/cwt	34.00–37.00	432	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	663	1

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Wed Mar 11, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 48Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 1Year ago 0

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	128.00	128.00
3	—	365	134.00–141.00	138.76
2	—	408	141.00–143.00	142.01
1	—	695	105.00	105.00
3	—	515	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	260	125.00–131.00	127.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	177.00	177.00
2	—	273	152.00–160.00	156.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	303	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	171.00	171.00
2	—	740	105.00	105.00
1	—	665	125.00	125.00
2	—	565	139.00–141.00	140.03
1	—	620	126.00	126.00
2	—	473	141.00–145.00	143.03
3	—	529	145.00–151.00	146.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	34.00–37.00	36.03
1	—	1,275	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,455	80.00	80.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.