Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder and slaughter cattle traded unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.62/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$117.62

68 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$22.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

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	507	120.26	609	60
Medium and Large 2-3	613	97.88	600	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.38/cwt here — about $9 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 sale68 hd

117.62

—

KY average28 barns · 6,643 hd

119.05

−1.43

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	—	Low	1,805	40.00	722	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	38.50	452	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,513	37.26	564	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,361	26.66	363	5thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	131.77/cwt	125.50–134.50	668	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	114.76/cwt	105.00–117.50	723	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	568	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	576	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	222	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	4,378	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,438	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	7,981	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,060	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	552.39/cwt	510.00–595.00	5,402	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	6,251	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	9,174	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	671	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	6,717	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	900	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	627	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	40.50/cwt	40.50–40.50	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	599	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	19.44/cwt	18.50–20.00	258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	128.28/cwt	126.50–128.50	476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	556	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	135.33/cwt	129.00–138.00	558	13
Bulls	—	—	1,805	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	722	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	452	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,080	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	346	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	39.01/cwt	34.00–42.50	646	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,415	37.50/cwt	30.50–42.50	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	116.71/cwt	115.00–118.50	673	14

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 Oct 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 142Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder and slaughter cattle traded unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	788	91.00	91.00
2	—	475	135.00	135.00
3	—	373	139.00	139.00
4	—	583	127.00	127.00
10	—	507	125.50–134.50	131.77
11	—	630	105.00–117.50	114.76
13	—	412	129.00–138.00	135.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	141.00	141.00
1	—	520	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	102.00	102.00
1	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	450	105.00	105.00
1	—	800	67.00	67.00
1	—	885	74.00	74.00
2	—	565	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	116.00	116.00
6	—	648	107.50	107.50
9	—	371	126.50–128.50	128.28
9	—	564	115.50	115.50
15	—	436	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	125.00	125.00
14	—	577	115.00–118.50	116.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	49.00	49.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	43.50	43.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	22.00	22.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	425.00	425.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	74.00	74.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,438	555.00	555.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,010	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	44.00	44.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	40.50	40.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	510.00–595.00	552.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	665.00	665.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,320	695.00	695.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	665.00	665.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	18.50–20.00	19.44
2	—	1,415	30.50–42.50	37.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	38.50	38.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	32.00	32.00
3	—	1,657	34.00–42.50	39.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	40.00	40.00

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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