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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 22

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 15May 22May 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 40▲ 30 vs year ago 34 · +88.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 7 · +171.4%

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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 $243.65/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −116.38 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$243.65

7 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$33.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.20

vs KY average

−32.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	248.42	1,397	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	215.00	1,140	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.42/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

243.65

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KY average27 barns · 1,563 hd

265.84

−22.20

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−32.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−116.38

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	—	Average	1,220	139.59	1,703	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	134.11	1,652	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	908	132.49	1,203	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	130.99	1,991	2thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,047	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,292	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,104	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	220.51/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,125	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,523	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	741	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	943	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	980	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	266.87/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,180	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,380	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	238.13/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,398	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,492	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	258.26/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,498	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,156	136.99/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,584	4
Bulls	—	—	1,475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,213	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	908	132.49/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,203	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,378	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,431	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	139.92/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,767	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,991	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 May 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 40Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	131.00–140.00	136.99
1	—	1,475	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	120.00–127.00	123.82
7	—	1,263	132.00–150.00	139.92
1	—	1,255	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	130.00–132.00	130.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	128.00–137.00	132.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	308.00	308.00
1	400–450	405	319.00	319.00
2	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	564	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	510	220.00–221.00	220.51
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	247.00	247.00
1	400–450	410	239.00	239.00
1	500–550	530	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	252.00–274.00	266.87
2	500–550	513	269.00	269.00
4	550–600	587	234.00–251.00	238.13
4	600–650	640	206.00	206.00
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	785	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
6	550–600	580	245.00–263.00	258.26
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	181.00	181.00

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.