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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 9

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 23▲ 9 vs year ago 23 · +39.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 7 vs year ago 11 · −63.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes due to low receipts last week. Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand on slaughter classes.

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 $216.72/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$216.72

18 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$57.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.92

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	477	229.36	1,094	14thin
Large 1-2	650	175.00	1,138	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	398	171.67	684	3thin

One grade step is worth $57.69/cwt here — about $410 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 sale18 hd

216.72

—

KY average25 barns · 2,476 hd

218.64

−1.92

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	1,205	100.00	1,205	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	94.77	918	3thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	775	$745	1thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	905	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	206.41/cwt	194.00–220.00	681	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	230.26/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,174	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,249	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,198	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	528	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	395	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	779	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	834	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,136	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,344	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	650	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,138	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,511	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,205	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,205	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	845	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	97.90/cwt	94.00–102.00	955	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	775	745.00/head	745.00–745.00	745	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 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32Last week 23Year ago 23

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

No comparison on feeder classes due to low receipts last week. Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand on slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	240.00	240.00
1	—	460	247.00	247.00
3	—	608	221.00	221.00
1	—	555	235.00	235.00
1	—	385	230.00	230.00
1	—	650	210.00	210.00
1	—	795	190.00	190.00
1	—	330	236.00	236.00
1	—	400	220.00	220.00
1	—	250	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	155.00	155.00
1	—	430	194.00	194.00
1	—	510	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	220.00	220.00
4	—	510	230.00–231.00	230.26
1	—	605	198.00	198.00
1	—	560	223.00	223.00
2	—	330	194.00–220.00	206.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	745.00	745.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	88.50	88.50
2	—	975	94.00–102.00	97.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	100.00	100.00

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.