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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 18

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 78▼ 8 vs year ago 31 · −25.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 2 vs year ago 7 · −28.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +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 $233.76/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −126.27 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$233.76

4 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.43

vs KY average

−51.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	233.76	1,303	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

233.76

—

KY average28 barns · 1,541 hd

257.19

−23.43

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−51.19

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−126.27

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	1,785	130.00	2,321	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	103.50	1,418	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	905	70.00	634	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)	1,135	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,640	$1,575	1thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,540	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,634	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	746	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,151	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,212	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,264	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	247.52/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,287	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,562	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,087	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,299	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	870	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,288	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,785	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,321	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	634	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,224	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,622	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,640	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 78Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	515	299.00	299.00
2	550–600	590	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	390	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	415	292.00	292.00
1	450–500	475	266.00	266.00
2	500–550	520	245.00–250.00	247.52
2	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
4	650–700	676	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	740	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	313.00	313.00

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	—	1,135	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,640	1,575.00	1,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,330	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,785	130.00	130.00

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.