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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 2

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

53 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 73▲ 31 vs year ago 22 · +140.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%

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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 $223.28/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −136.74 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$223.28

12 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$29.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.48

vs KY average

−23.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	225.76	1,272	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	196.00	1,029	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.76/cwt here — about $243 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 sale12 hd

223.28

—

KY average26 barns · 955 hd

231.76

−8.48

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−23.50

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−136.74

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	1,605	124.00	1,990	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	117.15	1,380	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	88.17	797	3thin

Every lot

22 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	258.13/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,350	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,386	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,634	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,025	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	260.02/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,154	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	219.79/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,136	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,029	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,366	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,296	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,118	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	338	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	848	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	948	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	251.75/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,093	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,361	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,219	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	815	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	611	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	94.75/cwt	90.00–99.00	898	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	117.15/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,380	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,990	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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 73Year ago 22

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 7Year 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
3	350–400	355	267.00	267.00
5	400–450	434	240.00–260.00	251.75
3	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	560	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	575	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	196.00	196.00
1	650–700	650	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
8	400–450	444	246.00–262.00	260.02
3	500–550	517	215.00–229.00	219.79
5	550–600	592	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	523	255.00–261.00	258.13
1	550–600	575	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	675	242.00	242.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,178	114.00–121.00	117.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	90.00–99.00	94.75
1	—	815	75.00	75.00

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.