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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 25

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 18May 25Jun 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 43 · −4.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 8 vs year ago 13 · −61.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable 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 $171.39/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$171.39

19 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$34.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.71

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	421	178.70	752	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	492	144.01	708	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $45 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

171.39

—

KY average24 barns · 2,365 hd

155.68

+15.71

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	—	Average	1,100	90.00	990	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	78.50	1,040	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	72.00	990	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	888	60.50	537	2thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	848	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	499	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	452	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	685	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	457	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	152.78/cwt	149.00–154.00	712	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	814	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	388	153.02/cwt	152.00–154.00	594	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	177.99/cwt	173.00–180.00	769	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	873	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,100	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	990	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	735	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	529	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	510	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,040	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	990	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 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 41Last week 10Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 13

Due to lack of comparable 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	—	310	161.00	161.00
4	—	466	149.00–154.00	152.78
4	—	550	148.00	148.00
3	—	445	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	118.00	118.00
1	—	380	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	141.00	141.00
1	—	420	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	180.00	180.00
7	—	432	173.00–180.00	177.99
3	—	492	177.50	177.50
2	—	338	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	140.00	140.00
2	—	388	152.00–154.00	153.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	49.00	49.00
1	—	735	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	90.00	90.00

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.