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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 21

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Feb 14Feb 21Feb 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

58 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 44▼ 107 vs year ago 165 · −64.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 2▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with good demand. No comparison on slaughter classes due to light test last week. Good demand for slaughter classes this week.

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 $215.59/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$215.59

20 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$751

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

$17.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.23

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	248	231.25	572	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	619	213.85	1,323	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.40/cwt here — about −$751 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 sale20 hd

215.59

—

KY average27 barns · 7,256 hd

240.81

−25.23

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	1,548	85.96	1,331	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	78.14	1,031	3thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,420	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,579	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	257.50/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,591	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,671	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	220	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	275	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	653	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	885	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	252.75/cwt	252.50–253.00	1,188	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	221.33/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,306	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	221.48/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,382	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	162.29/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,255	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,545	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	420	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	890	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	280.45/cwt	262.00–286.00	1,212	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	235.36/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,106	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,427	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	635	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,340	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,343	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	678	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,600	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,542	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	82.71/cwt	82.00–83.50	1,050	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	980	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	85.96/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,331	2

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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 44Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 2Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with good demand. No comparison on slaughter classes due to light test last week. Good demand for slaughter classes this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	262.00–286.00	280.45
3	—	597	239.00	239.00
1	—	745	207.00	207.00
2	—	470	231.00–240.00	235.36
1	—	655	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	154.00	154.00
3	—	680	230.00	230.00
8	—	589	268.00	268.00
2	—	618	257.00–258.00	257.50
3	—	530	268.00	268.00
2	—	763	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	150.00	150.00
1	—	365	242.50	242.50
2	—	470	252.50–253.00	252.75
3	—	590	221.00–222.00	221.33
3	—	773	160.00–167.00	162.29
7	—	624	219.00–225.00	221.48
1	—	345	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	225.00	225.00
1	—	275	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	84.00–88.00	85.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	82.00–83.50	82.71
1	—	1,420	69.00	69.00

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.