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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 16

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 72▼ 59 vs year ago 67 · −88.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 12▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $118.63/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$118.63

4 head · 755 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$111

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

$27.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.61

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	620	132.50	822	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	890	104.75	932	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.75/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale4 hd

118.63

—

KY average27 barns · 5,318 hd

142.23

−23.61

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	43.00	441	1thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	870	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,185	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,001	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	811	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	655	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	441	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 Jun 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 72Year ago 67

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 8

No trend due to receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	43.00	43.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	84.50	84.50
1	—	595	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	113.00	113.00
1	—	470	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	72.00	72.00
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
1	—	575	141.00	141.00
1	—	530	135.00	135.00

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.