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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 25

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 114 vs last sale 152▼ 127 vs year ago 165 · −77.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 6▲ 11 vs year ago 6 · +183.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes this week with light receipts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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 $209.38/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$209.38

16 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$37.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.80

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	473	216.46	1,024	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	178.67	1,027	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.79/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale16 hd

209.38

—

KY average26 barns · 2,926 hd

199.58

+9.80

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	1,579	81.51	1,287	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	78.11	996	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	68.00	733	2thin

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)	1,330	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$965	1thin

Every lot

27 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	375	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	818	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	589	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	809	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	995	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	510	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	898	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,121	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	721	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	953	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,040	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,194	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,082	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,119	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	796	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	650	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	80.23/cwt	80.00–80.50	997	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	69.80/cwt	65.00–75.00	873	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,258	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,158	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,583	83.39/cwt	81.50–85.00	1,320	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	965.00/head	965.00–965.00	965	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,330	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	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 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 152Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 6Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 4

No comparison on feeder classes this week with light receipts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	209.00	209.00
1	—	545	219.00	219.00
1	—	660	175.00	175.00
4	—	454	229.00	229.00
1	—	600	205.00	205.00
5	—	437	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
1	—	695	161.00	161.00
1	—	585	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	199.00	199.00
2	—	310	190.00	190.00
2	—	593	189.00	189.00
4	—	420	192.50	192.50
1	—	295	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	131.00	131.00
3	—	400	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	218.00	218.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	965.00	965.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	90.50	90.50
2	—	1,250	65.00–75.00	69.80
2	—	1,243	80.00–80.50	80.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,583	81.50–85.00	83.39
1	—	1,565	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,160	56.00	56.00

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.