Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to holiday last week no trend on market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.38/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$122.38

42 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$49.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.49

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	129.62	710	32
Medium and Large 2-3	615	107.44	660	7thin
Small and Medium 1-2	510	80.00	408	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.62/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

122.38

—

KY average22 barns · 1,462 hd

122.87

−0.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	55.00	605	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,357	46.31	628	3thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,357	46.31/cwt	43.00–49.50	628	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	447	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	103.64/cwt	100.00–111.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	125.90/cwt	124.50–134.00	536	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	119.48/cwt	116.50–120.50	571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	116.75/cwt	116.00–117.50	595	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	408	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	112.70/cwt	111.00–116.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	135.13/cwt	133.00–136.00	695	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	795	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	617	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	1

How this sale compares

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 Jul 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 139Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 26Year ago 0

Due to holiday last week no trend on market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	43.00–49.50	46.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	55.00	55.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	130.00	130.00
1	—	290	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	100.00–111.00	103.64
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	105.00	105.00
1	—	375	104.00	104.00
1	—	290	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	426	124.50–134.00	125.90
8	—	478	116.50–120.50	119.48
4	—	651	111.50	111.50
4	—	550	119.00	119.00
2	—	510	116.00–117.50	116.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	624	111.00–116.00	112.70
2	—	595	108.00	108.00
1	—	795	73.00	73.00
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	514	133.00–136.00	135.13
8	—	654	121.50	121.50
6	—	447	138.00	138.00
2	—	390	145.00	145.00
1	—	790	89.00	89.00
1	—	745	85.00	85.00
1	—	625	127.00	127.00

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.

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