Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to the holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.97/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$117.97

83 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$41.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

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	556	123.59	687	60
Medium and Large 2-3	564	106.44	600	20
Small and Medium 1-2	488	82.33	402	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.26/cwt here — about $285 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

117.97

—

KY average23 barns · 1,952 hd

120.90

−2.93

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	60.00	1,083	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	40.00	618	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,287	34.31	441	6thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,818	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	970	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	11,640	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	710	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	426	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	590	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	596	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	905	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	805	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	128.40/cwt	125.50–131.50	679	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	130.40/cwt	124.50–132.00	627	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	106.66/cwt	102.50–111.50	715	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	607	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	120.31/cwt	120.00–120.50	706	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	332	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	112.62/cwt	105.00–115.50	641	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2Full	—	560	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	336	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	418	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	495	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	135.96/cwt	132.00–140.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	127.98/cwt	127.50–129.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	98.66/cwt	98.00–100.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	125.77/cwt	120.50–127.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	108.86/cwt	105.00–110.50	665	7
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,000	392.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	3,925	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,090	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,360	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,416	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	910	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,570	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	16,485	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	1,021.56/cwt	955.00–1,075.00	11,002	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,198	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,405	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	6,498	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	9,313	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	744.19/cwt	675.00–910.00	9,987	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	712.72/cwt	610.00–835.00	8,068	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,050	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,150	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,083	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	618	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,353	42.77/cwt	35.00–46.50	579	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	25.84/cwt	24.50–28.00	315	3

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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 150Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 7Year ago 0

No trend due to the holiday.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,570	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,077	955.00–1,075.00	1,021.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	385.00–400.00	392.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	300.00	300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	565.00	565.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	695.00	695.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,342	675.00–910.00	744.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,132	610.00–835.00	712.72
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	61.00	61.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,300.00	1,300.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	60.00	60.00
1	—	590	101.00	101.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	80.00	80.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	704	128.50	128.50
2	—	653	132.00	132.00
2	—	635	132.50	132.50
2	—	590	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	425	134.00	134.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	535	133.00	133.00
1	—	585	126.00	126.00
1	—	960	100.00	100.00
2	—	625	127.00–130.00	128.46
2	—	758	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	140.50	140.50
5	—	749	107.50	107.50
8	—	529	125.50–131.50	128.40
9	—	481	124.50–132.00	130.40
11	—	670	102.50–111.50	106.66
12	—	439	138.25	138.25
13	—	587	120.00–120.50	120.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	107.00	107.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	825	75.00	75.00
1	—	875	77.00	77.00
2	—	380	120.00	120.00
4	—	332	125.00–130.00	127.53
4	—	745	86.00	86.00
6	—	569	105.00–115.50	112.62
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	102.00	102.00
1	—	495	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	238	132.00–140.00	135.96
2	—	355	129.50	129.50
3	—	342	127.50–129.00	127.98
3	—	722	98.00–100.00	98.66
4	—	466	124.00	124.00
5	—	424	120.50–127.00	125.77
5	—	561	114.00	114.00
6	—	662	109.50	109.50
7	—	611	105.00–110.50	108.86
9	—	509	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	118.50	118.50
5	—	700	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
2	—	520	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,805	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	35.00–46.50	42.77
3	—	1,220	24.50–28.00	25.84

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

Bulls · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle