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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 6

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 49▼ 51 vs year ago 59 · −86.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 12▲ 1 vs year ago 5 · +20.0%

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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 $210.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −149.53 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$210.50

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.87

vs KY average

−47.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	221.00	1,227	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	200.00	1,070	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $157 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

210.50

—

KY average24 barns · 1,509 hd

234.37

−23.87

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−47.89

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−149.53

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,130	130.00	2,769	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,608	110.00	1,769	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,085	102.57	1,113	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	985	95.00	936	1thin

Every lot

10 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	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	250.00/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,508	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,227	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,769	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	936	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,113	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,769	2

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 49Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	100.00–105.00	102.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,130	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	603	249.00–251.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	650	230.00	230.00

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.