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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 10

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

90 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 165▼ 63 vs year ago 153 · −41.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%

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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 $223.41/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$223.41

39 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

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

$49.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.33

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	556	227.19	1,263	36
Medium and Large 2-3	412	178.00	733	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.19/cwt here — about $530 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 sale39 hd

223.41

—

KY average25 barns · 3,643 hd

215.08

+8.33

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	1,915	120.00	2,298	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	80.12	1,040	4thin

Every lot

26 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	410	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	824	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	412	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	733	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,264	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	598	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	368	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	666	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	177.53/cwt	175.00–180.00	763	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	171.09/cwt	168.00–175.00	809	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,013	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,085	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,282	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	709	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	422	166.72/cwt	160.00–180.00	704	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	472	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	897	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,067	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	517	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	905	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,131	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,196	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,298	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	84.16/cwt	79.50–88.00	1,081	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	908	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 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 165Year ago 153

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	79.50–88.00	84.16
1	—	1,335	68.00	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	120.00	120.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	550	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	218.00	218.00
1	—	410	201.00	201.00
3	—	660	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	190.00	190.00
3	—	422	160.00–180.00	166.72
3	—	517	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	225.00	225.00
2	—	743	161.00	161.00
2	—	580	195.00	195.00
2	—	508	210.00	210.00
1	—	445	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	215.00	215.00
13	—	720	178.00	178.00
3	—	425	200.00	200.00
1	—	580	187.00	187.00
3	—	315	220.00	220.00
4	—	536	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	160.00	160.00
4	—	430	175.00–180.00	177.53
2	—	368	181.00	181.00
5	—	473	168.00–175.00	171.09

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.