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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 1

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

77 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 19▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 37▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on the 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 $144.74/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$144.74

19 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$8.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.74

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	468	145.65	682	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	378	137.00	517	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.65/cwt here — about $165 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 sale19 hd

144.74

—

KY average28 barns · 1,939 hd

132.99

+11.74

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	1,800	74.00	1,332	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	52.79	658	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	38.54	408	11

Every lot

19 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	113.56/cwt	109.00–118.00	420	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	513	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	123.66/cwt	123.00–124.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	121.35/cwt	120.00–123.00	619	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	486	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	161.50/cwt	157.50–165.50	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	673	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	729	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,332	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	945	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	624	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,047	45.24/cwt	40.50–50.00	474	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	32.95/cwt	31.00–36.00	353	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,321	49.49/cwt	48.00–54.00	654	4

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 77Last week 19Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 37Year ago 0

Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on the market this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,047	40.50–50.00	45.24
6	—	1,070	31.00–36.00	32.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,321	48.00–54.00	49.49
1	—	945	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	74.00	74.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	118.00	118.00
6	—	510	120.00–123.00	121.35
3	—	428	123.00–124.00	123.66
3	—	390	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	109.00–118.00	113.56
1	—	335	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	119.00	119.00
6	—	534	136.50	136.50
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
4	—	434	155.00	155.00
1	—	320	152.00	152.00
4	—	368	157.50–165.50	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	144.00	144.00
1	—	355	130.00	130.00

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.