Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 30▼ 30 vs year ago 165 · −18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 10▲ 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold strong. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $279.37/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −188.13 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.
Average price
$279.37
8 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.01
vs KY average
−26.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528279.371,4758thin
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 sale8 hd
279.37
—
KY average24 barns · 1,057 hd
293.38
−14.01
National average170 barns · 11,306 hd
305.47
−26.10
This barn, trailing median3 sales
467.50
−188.13
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
492465437410median 467.5004/0804/0805/0607/0807/08
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average2,105138.502,9151thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,552130.332,0223thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,181123.691,4606thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average850117.509992thin

Every lot

30 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528279.37/cwt276.00–283.001,4758
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,61733
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,6926
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,76616
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added839230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9307
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009525
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426280.23/cwt274.00–284.001,1948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473271.31/cwt260.00–285.001,28311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,43017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3063
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2331307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,0164
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,2251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3021
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4553
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3420217.50/cwt217.50–217.509141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,105138.50/cwt138.50–138.502,9151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
Cows—Lean 85-90%920125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141118.77/cwt117.00–122.501,3554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260133.54/cwt127.50–138.001,6832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,9341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560132.50/cwt132.50–132.502,0672

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.