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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 18

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

152 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 66▼ 13 vs year ago 165 · −7.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Strong demand for preconditioned feeders classes. No comparison on slaughter classes due to no receipts last 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 $220.70/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$220.70

71 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$39.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.48

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	665	221.25	1,471	70
Medium and Large 2	685	182.00	1,247	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.25/cwt here — about $224 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 sale71 hd

220.70

—

KY average26 barns · 5,870 hd

240.18

−19.48

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	1,710	93.25	1,595	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	89.53	1,177	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	82.00	820	2thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	252.98/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,445	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,445	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	219.92/cwt	219.50–226.00	1,350	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,247	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,489	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,696	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	698	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	753	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	889	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	210.59/cwt	196.00–220.00	1,127	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,108	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	200.01/cwt	191.00–209.00	1,308	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,204	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,328	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	828	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	995	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	941	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,089	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,242	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	435	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	592	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	515	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	688	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	640	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	883	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	717	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	932	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	525	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	536	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	970	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	883	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	845	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	795	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	89.53/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,177	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,481	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,697	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 Oct 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 66Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Strong demand for preconditioned feeders classes. No comparison on slaughter classes due to no receipts last 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	—	420	237.00	237.00
4	—	640	194.00	194.00
2	—	338	245.00	245.00
7	—	504	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	205.50	205.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	200.00	200.00
1	—	750	177.00	177.00
3	—	568	195.00	195.00
15	—	535	196.00–220.00	210.59
16	—	654	191.00–209.00	200.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	190.00	190.00
4	—	669	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	186.00	186.00
1	—	405	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	717	130.00	130.00
1	—	380	142.00	142.00
4	—	640	138.00	138.00
1	—	435	136.00	136.00
2	—	515	132.00–135.00	133.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	614	219.50–226.00	219.92
4	—	759	223.50	223.50
34	—	714	208.50	208.50
12	—	571	249.00–257.00	252.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	230.00	230.00
3	—	602	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	102.00	102.00
1	—	970	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	84.50	84.50
1	—	1,000	79.50	79.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,535	96.50	96.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	89.00–90.00	89.53

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.