Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.35/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$135.35

38 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$40

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

$26.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.10

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	489	138.16	676	34
Medium and Large 2-3	642	111.50	715	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.66/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale38 hd

135.35

—

KY average28 barns · 2,148 hd

133.25

+2.10

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	1,628	77.00	1,253	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	62.92	742	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,258	44.93	565	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	120.51/cwt	117.00–125.00	678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	119.67/cwt	118.00–120.50	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	134.24/cwt	134.00–134.50	581	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	44.93/cwt	43.50–46.00	565	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	62.92/cwt	60.00–66.50	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	137.23/cwt	136.00–138.00	726	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	124.83/cwt	124.50–126.50	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	140.99/cwt	135.00–145.00	591	11
Bulls	—	—	1,360	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	864	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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 148Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 10

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	137.00	137.00
2	—	343	139.00	139.00
9	—	563	117.00–125.00	120.51
6	—	500	118.00–120.50	119.67
2	—	495	125.00	125.00
2	—	433	134.00–134.50	134.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	136.00–138.00	137.23
6	—	570	124.50–126.50	124.83
5	—	379	155.00	155.00
1	—	965	115.00	115.00
1	—	635	118.50	118.50
1	—	345	154.00	154.00
11	—	419	135.00–145.00	140.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	119.00	119.00
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
1	—	600	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	43.50–46.00	44.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	60.00–66.50	62.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	90.50	90.50
1	—	1,360	63.50	63.50

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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