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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 31

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jul 24Jul 31Aug 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 73▼ 4 vs year ago 23 · −17.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%

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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 $233.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −127.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$233.00

2 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.10

vs KY average

−25.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	250.00	1,313	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	216.00	1,166	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $146 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 sale2 hd

233.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,814 hd

270.10

−37.10

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−25.46

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−127.03

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.

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	648	$725	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	600	$675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,715	$2,500	1thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,462	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	408	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,020	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,339	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,166	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	310.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,179	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,305	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,715	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	600	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	648	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	3

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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19Last week 73Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 2

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,715	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	600	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	648	725.00	725.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	540	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	261.00	261.00
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	900	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	300.00–315.00	310.20
2	450–500	450	290.00	290.00

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.