Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.12/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$131.12

42 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$0.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.44

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	471	131.25	618	36
Medium and Large 2-3	327	130.31	427	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $192 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

131.12

—

KY average26 barns · 6,124 hd

128.68

+2.44

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	51.54	740	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,439	45.69	658	7thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	141.83/cwt	137.00–143.00	728	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	51.54/cwt	48.00–54.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	960	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	990	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,019	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,010	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,798	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	12,005	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	180	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	200	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	257	146.94/cwt	140.00–155.00	378	3
Steers	Small 2-3	—	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	238	135.29/cwt	120.00–145.00	322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	596	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,615	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,410	46.81/cwt	45.00–50.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	812	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	978	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	960	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,114	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 Jan 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 80Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 0

Compared to Last Week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
1	—	400	148.00	148.00
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
2	—	450	139.00	139.00
5	—	513	137.00–143.00	141.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	160.00	160.00
2	—	768	125.00	125.00
1	—	420	150.00	150.00
1	—	525	148.00	148.00
4	—	581	140.00	140.00
3	—	600	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	168.00	168.00
1	—	200	170.00	170.00
3	—	257	140.00–155.00	146.94
1	—	490	138.00	138.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	812	120.50	120.50
1	—	960	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	113.00	113.00
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
2	—	240	140.00	140.00
4	—	374	134.00	134.00
4	—	449	138.00	138.00
7	—	517	130.00	130.00
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
2	—	658	117.50	117.50
3	—	453	135.00	135.00
4	—	283	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	125.00	125.00
3	—	238	120.00–145.00	135.29
2	—	475	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,436	48.00–54.00	51.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	39.00	39.00
6	—	1,410	45.00–50.00	46.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,715	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	535.00	535.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle