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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 31

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 24May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 34▼ 46 vs year ago 69 · −66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 19 vs year ago 22 · −86.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder classes sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold with good demand.

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 $202.23/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$202.23

11 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$48.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

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	429	211.11	905	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	543	162.25	880	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.86/cwt here — about $25 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 sale11 hd

202.23

—

KY average19 barns · 3,297 hd

209.56

−7.33

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	—	High	1,538	131.54	2,023	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	76.50	941	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,335	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,305	$1,275	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$910	1thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	979	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,184	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	288	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	612	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	748	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	735	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	989	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,136	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	988	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,076	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,085	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,290	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,538	131.54/cwt	128.00–135.00	2,023	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	941	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,335	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 34Year ago 69

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: feeder classes sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	192.00	192.00
1	—	670	192.50	192.50
2	—	458	235.00	235.00
2	—	700	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	212.50	212.50
1	—	595	191.00	191.00
1	—	515	200.00	200.00
4	—	458	216.00	216.00
1	—	340	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	147.50	147.50
1	—	415	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	225.50	225.50
2	—	415	236.00	236.00
1	—	370	245.00	245.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	910.00	910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	128.00–135.00	131.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	76.50	76.50

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.