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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 26

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jun 19Jun 26Jul 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 28▼ 66 vs year ago 71 · −93.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 1▲ 13 vs year ago 4 · +325.0%

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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 $237.30/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −116.66 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$237.30

6 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.47

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	561	237.30	1,330	6thin

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 sale6 hd

237.30

—

KY average25 barns · 480 hd

274.76

−37.47

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−116.66

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	1,168	134.99	1,577	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	989	120.08	1,187	3thin

Every lot

8 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	513	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,082	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,282	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	234.59/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,377	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	620	138.67/cwt	128.00–149.00	860	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	136.62/cwt	125.00–150.00	1,316	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	905	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	134.99/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,577	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 Jun 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 28Year ago 71

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 1Year ago 4

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	87.00	87.00
2	—	963	125.00–150.00	136.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	130.00–141.00	134.99

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	128.00–149.00	138.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	513	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	534	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	587	232.00–240.00	234.59

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.