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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 3

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 40▼ 135 vs year ago 165 · −81.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 5▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −121.28 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$238.75

4 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.45

vs KY average

−31.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	238.75	1,265	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

238.75

—

KY average25 barns · 1,384 hd

254.20

−15.45

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−31.84

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−121.28

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $369.48, low $342.95, median $360.03 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,650	140.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	135.55	2,155	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	123.13	1,568	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	848	119.94	1,017	2thin

Every lot

20 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	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,958	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	907	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,220	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	238.75/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,265	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,300	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,583	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,330	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,409	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	633	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,649	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	950	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,340	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,310	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	848	119.94/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,017	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	131.63/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,649	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	117.46/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,512	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	135.55/cwt	134.00–137.00	2,155	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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 6

Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
1	600–650	633	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	950	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	470	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	520	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	610	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	715	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	279.00	279.00
3	450–500	462	264.00	264.00
4	500–550	530	237.00–244.00	238.75
8	800–850	842	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	878	223.00	223.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	134.00–137.00	135.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	848	114.00–125.00	119.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,287	115.00–119.00	117.46
2	—	1,253	129.00–134.00	131.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	140.00	140.00

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.