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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 3

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jul 13Aug 3Aug 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 85▲ 4 vs year ago 46 · +8.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 11▼ 14 vs year ago 17 · −82.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market this week.

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 $132.92/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$132.92

13 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$24.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.40

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	742	147.80	1,097	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	766	123.63	947	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.18/cwt here — about $150 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 sale13 hd

132.92

—

KY average25 barns · 4,476 hd

173.32

−40.40

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	70.50	924	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	63.68	696	2thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	991	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	842	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	951	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,223	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	389	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	142.02/cwt	138.00–150.00	805	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	520	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	697	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	448	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	665	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	785	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	362	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	489	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	452	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	585	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	500	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	645	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	569	125.45/cwt	124.00–126.50	714	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	63.68/cwt	60.50–66.00	696	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	924	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 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 85Year ago 46

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 17

No trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	157.00	157.00
1	—	315	165.00	165.00
1	—	430	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	166.00	166.00
3	—	880	139.00	139.00
1	—	635	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	842	113.00	113.00
5	—	720	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	452	129.50	129.50
8	—	569	124.00–126.50	125.45
3	—	500	129.00	129.00
6	—	362	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
3	—	567	138.00–150.00	142.02
1	—	675	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	70.50	70.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	60.50–66.00	63.68

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.