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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 18

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 153▼ 124 vs year ago 134 · −92.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 3 vs year ago 4 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts to light to test market.

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 $113.67/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$113.67

3 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.46

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	770	113.67	875	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

113.67

—

KY average27 barns · 5,438 hd

152.12

−38.46

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	1,083	58.94	638	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	57.50	785	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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	962	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	874	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	798	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	909	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	828	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	58.94/cwt	54.00–69.00	638	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	785	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,500	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 May 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10Last week 153Year ago 134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 4

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 4

Receipts to light to test market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,083	54.00–69.00	58.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	57.50	57.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	128.50	128.50
1	—	950	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	98.00	98.00
1	—	610	149.00	149.00

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.