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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 11

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18 →

Receipts

66 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 22▼ 99 vs year ago 165 · −60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeders due to light receipts from last week. Unfavorable weather conditions and bawling calves continue to drive prices down.

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 $194.53/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$194.53

21 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.34

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	197.50	978	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	604	195.92	1,184	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	480	188.00	902	1thin
Medium 1-2	435	170.00	740	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $238 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 sale21 hd

194.53

—

KY average25 barns · 2,986 hd

199.87

−5.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,643	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	683	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	786	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	792	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	197.13/cwt	194.00–199.00	954	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	525	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	924	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	193.39/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,131	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,163	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	891	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	216.84/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,032	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	902	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	495	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	978	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,210	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,183	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	169.32/cwt	163.00–179.00	1,300	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	448	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	685	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	533	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	858	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	645	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,026	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	668	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	982	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	787	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,086	3

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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Receipts 66Last week 22Year ago 165

No comparison on feeders due to light receipts from last week. Unfavorable weather conditions and bawling calves continue to drive prices down.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	163.00–179.00	169.32
2	—	608	199.00	199.00
1	—	650	200.00	200.00
6	—	476	216.00–217.00	216.84
1	—	700	169.00	169.00
1	—	405	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	153.00	153.00
3	—	668	147.00	147.00
3	—	787	138.00	138.00
6	—	533	161.00	161.00
6	—	645	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	178.00	178.00
1	—	525	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	191.00–195.00	193.39
1	—	395	199.00	199.00
1	—	685	180.00	180.00
7	—	484	194.00–199.00	197.13
1	—	625	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	185.00	185.00
1	—	345	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	219.00	219.00
1	—	550	230.00	230.00

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.