Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-07-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 5▼ 134 vs year ago 173 · −77.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to 4th of July Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −129.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.
Average price
$280.00
3 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.92
vs KY average
−5.99 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610280.001,7083thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
280.00
—
KY average19 barns · 1,022 hd
281.92
−1.92
National average155 barns · 9,896 hd
285.99
−5.99
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.43
−129.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low808116.019383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,62079.501,2881thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,1002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,8751thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,0751
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7083
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8631
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0702
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0524
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310286.00/cwt286.00–286.008871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2437323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,4123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,5131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5711
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7191
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%69580.00/cwt80.00–80.005561
Cows—Lean 85-90%865134.01/cwt132.00–136.001,1592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,62079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,2881
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29752,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002

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.