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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 7

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jul 31Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 19▼ 2 vs year ago 32 · −6.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%

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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 $258.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −95.95 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$258.00

4 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.60

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	554	258.00	1,429	4thin

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 sale4 hd

258.00

—

KY average25 barns · 397 hd

254.40

+3.60

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−95.95

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,212	137.46	1,666	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,530	130.00	1,989	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,475	72.00	1,062	1thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,475	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,441	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	243	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	608	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	771	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	983	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,080	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	294.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	819	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	874	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	270.40/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,046	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,156	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,330	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,396	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,453	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,574	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,212	137.46/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,666	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,989	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,475	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,062	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 Aug 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 19Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	290.00–300.00	294.68
3	350–400	387	263.00–285.00	270.40
3	450–500	482	276.00	276.00
2	500–550	515	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	593	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	795	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	470	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	320	241.00	241.00
1	350–400	375	262.00	262.00
1	650–700	690	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	281.00	281.00
1	550–600	565	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	135.00–139.00	137.46

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.