Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.48/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$135.48

83 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$112.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.15

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	494	154.02	760	64
Medium and Large 2-3	559	127.00	710	4thin
Large 1	660	125.00	825	3thin
Small 3	702	42.00	295	12thin

One grade step is worth $112.02/cwt here — about $466 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 sale83 hd

135.48

—

KY average27 barns · 4,891 hd

131.32

+4.15

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,693	63.20	1,070	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	53.00	837	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,500	52.50	788	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,216	44.28	539	20

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	631	1
Steers	Small 3	—	702	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	295	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	469	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	126.25/cwt	125.00–130.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	464	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	733	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	548	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	849	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,235	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	965.00/cwt	965.00–965.00	9,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	900	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	11,925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	940	1,131.38/cwt	1,025.00–1,275.00	10,635	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	788.42/cwt	775.00–800.00	9,366	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	13,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,250	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 2	—	700	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	890	519.72/cwt	495.00–545.00	4,626	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	918	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	4,544	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	612.37/cwt	500.00–655.00	7,275	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	721.67/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,660	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	717.26/cwt	550.00–850.00	9,324	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	801.23/cwt	685.00–850.00	8,958	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	879.00/cwt	675.00–1,000.00	11,823	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,184.67/cwt	900.00–1,325.00	15,780	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,600	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	14,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,110	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	730	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	4,636	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	1,024.27/cwt	725.00–1,225.00	9,352	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	5,160	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	824.00/cwt	800.00–900.00	7,729	4
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	715	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,648	3
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	860	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	6,550	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	7,205	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,950	3
Bulls	—	—	2,100	66.42/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,395	2
Bulls	—	—	1,530	61.91/cwt	59.00–64.50	947	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	837	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	39.83/cwt	37.00–43.50	428	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,277	46.19/cwt	43.00–50.00	590	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	463	1
Steers	Large 1	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	691	6

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 Sep 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 47Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 120Last week 4Year ago 0

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	137.00	137.00
2	—	368	128.00	128.00
2	—	623	111.00	111.00
9	—	426	115.00–118.00	115.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	682	112.00	112.00
6	—	557	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	110.00	110.00
1	—	790	80.00	80.00
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	145.00	145.00
3	—	317	148.00	148.00
3	—	527	122.00	122.00
3	—	582	120.00–121.00	120.33
4	—	479	125.00–130.00	126.25
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	702	42.00	42.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	464	158.00	158.00
25	—	548	155.00	155.00
11	—	413	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
2	—	588	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	130.25	130.25
2	—	488	145.00	145.00
2	—	433	151.00	151.00
1	—	780	114.00	114.00
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
1	—	315	147.00	147.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,235	75.00	75.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	975	965.00	965.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	900	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	940	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,131.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	775.00–800.00	788.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	500.00	500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	890	495.00–545.00	519.72
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	495.00	495.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,188	500.00–655.00	612.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,200	700.00–800.00	721.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,300	550.00–850.00	717.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,118	685.00–850.00	801.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,345	675.00–1,000.00	879.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,332	900.00–1,325.00	1,184.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,600	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,185	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	310.00	310.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	730	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	913	725.00–1,225.00	1,024.27
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	645.00	645.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	938	800.00–900.00	824.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	715	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	655.00	655.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	655.00	655.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	825	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,100	65.00–68.00	66.42
5	—	1,530	59.00–64.50	61.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	52.50	52.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,074	37.00–43.50	39.83
14	—	1,277	43.00–50.00	46.19

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle