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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 12

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 72▼ 86 vs year ago 100 · −86.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 2 vs year ago 7 · −28.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −196.25 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$271.25

4 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$398

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

$95.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.73

vs KY average

−28.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	295.00	1,578	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	200.00	1,180	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.00/cwt here — about $398 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 sale4 hd

271.25

—

KY average24 barns · 769 hd

303.98

−32.73

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−28.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−196.25

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,455	118.00	1,717	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	127.50	1,425	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	118.00	1,192	1thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,397	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	258.99/cwt	258.00–260.00	914	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,454	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	1
Bulls	—	—	2,135	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	3,117	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,192	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,451	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,392	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 Jun 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 72Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 12Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	635	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	258.00–260.00	258.99
1	450–500	480	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	445	314.00	314.00
1	500–550	525	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	630	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,075	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	90.00	90.00
1	—	2,135	146.00	146.00

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.