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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 11

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Nov 20Dec 11Dec 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

78 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 26▲ 47 vs year ago 31 · +151.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 6 vs year ago 7 · −85.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality offering of feeder classes this week with strong demand.

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 $245.66/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −114.37 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$245.66

3 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.46

vs KY average

−34.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	245.66	1,392	3thin

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 sale3 hd

245.66

—

KY average28 barns · 2,348 hd

255.12

−9.46

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−34.64

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−114.37

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	71.00	795	1thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,250	1thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,571	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,618	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,764	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,785	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	835	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,029	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	903	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,185	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,131	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,104	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,932	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	292.40/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,266	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	240.99/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,398	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	238.76/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,473	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,609	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,652	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,709	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	325	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,079	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,262	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,278	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,283	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	530	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,516	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	565	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,565	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,645	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	795	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 26Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 13Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 1

Quality offering of feeder classes this week with strong demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	71.00	71.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	530	286.00	286.00
1	550–600	565	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	299.00	299.00
3	450–500	463	276.00	276.00
2	500–550	503	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	765	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	433	286.00–297.00	292.40
1	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	580	240.00–242.00	240.99
4	600–650	617	230.00–248.00	238.76
3	650–700	665	242.00	242.00
2	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	895	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	677	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	324.00	324.00
4	550–600	583	277.50	277.50
5	700–750	707	249.50	249.50
3	750–800	750	238.00	238.00
1	900–950	903	236.00	236.00
10	1100–1150	1,104	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	243.00	243.00
4	900–950	903	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,250.00	2,250.00

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.