Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.80/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$133.80

53 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$29.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

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	478	134.93	645	51
Medium and Large 2-3	602	105.00	632	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.93/cwt here — about $12 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 sale53 hd

133.80

—

KY average27 barns · 4,924 hd

128.21

+5.59

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	1,725	78.00	1,346	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	62.00	877	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,312	46.09	605	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	595	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	298	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	848	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,088	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,316	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,683	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	665	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	119.32/cwt	118.00–120.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	142.77/cwt	137.00–145.50	480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	133.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	563	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	137.95/cwt	132.00–140.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	133.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	883	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	877	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,312	46.09/cwt	44.00–49.50	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	602	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	143.31/cwt	130.00–144.50	539	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	646	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	614	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	687	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	667	7

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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 146Year ago 134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 120

Compared to last week: No trends available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	140.00	140.00
1	—	550	128.00	128.00
1	—	610	112.00	112.00
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
3	—	360	140.00	140.00
3	—	530	135.00	135.00
4	—	452	143.00	143.00
5	—	411	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
2	—	478	128.00	128.00
2	—	618	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	50.00	50.00
2	—	848	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	128.00	128.00
1	—	755	127.00	127.00
1	—	870	125.00	125.00
4	—	507	132.00–140.00	137.95
4	—	664	130.00–134.00	133.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	123.00	123.00
3	—	632	118.00–120.00	119.32
6	—	336	137.00–145.50	142.77
6	—	422	130.00–135.00	133.33
7	—	590	122.00	122.00
12	—	376	130.00–144.50	143.31
2	—	480	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	687	136.00	136.00
7	—	470	142.00	142.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	895	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	665	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	44.00–49.50	46.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	78.00	78.00

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