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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 17

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 135▼ 121 vs year ago 165 · −73.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 12▲ 1 vs year ago 6 · +16.7%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $267.61/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −86.34 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$267.61

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.00

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	267.61	1,465	10thin

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 sale10 hd

267.61

—

KY average25 barns · 581 hd

269.61

−2.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−86.34

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	Boner 80-85%	High	1,405	121.42	1,706	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	119.50	1,816	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	150.00	1,793	1thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,622	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,631	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	606	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,109	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,205	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,434	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	345	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,197	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	373	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,332	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	402	331.99/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,335	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	271.19/cwt	258.50–275.00	1,399	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	264.03/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,529	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	244.46/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,516	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,195	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,793	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	127.31/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,763	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,418	131.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,865	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,271	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,816	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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 135Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 6

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	300–350	345	347.00	347.00
2	350–400	373	357.00	357.00
5	400–450	402	330.00–332.50	331.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	258.50–275.00	271.19
5	550–600	579	260.00–265.00	264.03
2	600–650	620	240.00–249.00	244.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	251.00	251.00
2	400–450	428	259.00	259.00
5	450–500	492	245.00	245.00
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	595	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	673	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	755	216.00	216.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	130.00–133.00	131.50
1	—	1,420	89.50	89.50
2	—	1,385	125.00–129.50	127.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	150.00	150.00

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.