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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 25

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

81 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 80▼ 47 vs year ago 128 · −36.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 9▼ 7 vs year ago 8 · −87.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 4 vs year ago 8 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with limited comparable receipts. No test on slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.72/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$139.72

37 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$9.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

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	521	140.52	733	34
Medium and Large 2-3	485	130.67	634	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $98 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 sale37 hd

139.72

—

KY average27 barns · 4,295 hd

140.79

−1.07

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	2,295	75.50	1,733	1thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	785	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	880	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	938	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	555	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	615	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	150.71/cwt	146.00–152.00	745	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	145.18/cwt	140.00–149.50	748	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	134.86/cwt	132.00–138.00	774	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	866	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	529	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	498	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	655	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	145.55/cwt	145.00–146.00	758	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	846	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	645	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	861	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	520	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	473	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	603	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	555	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,295	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,733	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,470	945.00/cwt	945.00–945.00	13,892	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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 80Year ago 128

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 9Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 8

Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with limited comparable receipts. No test on slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	143.00	143.00
1	—	660	130.50	130.50
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
2	—	635	133.25	133.25
7	—	521	145.00–146.00	145.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	131.50	131.50
2	—	510	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	151.00	151.00
1	—	275	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	139.00	139.00
1	—	695	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	91.00	91.00
6	—	603	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	143.00	143.00
7	—	574	132.00–138.00	134.86
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
1	—	690	125.50	125.50
2	—	413	134.00–135.00	134.50
3	—	700	120.00	120.00
9	—	494	146.00–152.00	150.71
9	—	515	140.00–149.50	145.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,470	945.00	945.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,295	75.50	75.50

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.