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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Aug 14Aug 21Aug 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

34 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 39▼ 16 vs year ago 50 · −32.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%

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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 $231.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −128.83 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$231.20

5 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.50

vs KY average

−13.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	235.00	1,387	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	216.00	1,112	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $274 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 sale5 hd

231.20

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KY average26 barns · 1,138 hd

245.70

−14.50

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−13.21

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−128.83

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.

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	134.00	1,997	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	923	66.83	617	3thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,746	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	275	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	853	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	898	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,104	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,112	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,504	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	373	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,153	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,042	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,547	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	66.83/cwt	65.00–70.00	617	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,997	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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 39Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	635	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	850	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	264.00	264.00
1	400–450	440	251.00	251.00
4	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	775	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	221.00	221.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	65.00–70.00	66.83

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.