Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.10/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$105.10

69 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$12.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.28

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	607	108.46	659	50
Medium and Large 2-3	558	96.24	537	19thin

One grade step is worth $12.22/cwt here — about $122 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 sale69 hd

105.10

—

KY average27 barns · 4,665 hd

117.37

−12.28

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	1,370	51.00	699	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	47.50	634	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	36.61	429	6thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	975	75.44/cwt	70.00–81.00	736	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	92.97/cwt	89.00–95.00	716	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	397	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	369	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	596	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	507	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	462	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	444	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	880	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	117.64/cwt	117.50–118.50	800	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	856	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	519.61/cwt	495.00–610.00	5,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	104.75/cwt	100.00–108.00	672	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	733	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	83.38/cwt	80.00–85.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	874	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	36.61/cwt	32.00–40.00	429	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	491	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	427	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	438	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	390	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	587	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	429	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	375	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	334	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	699	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	549	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	560	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	114.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	617	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	775.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	10,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	113.07/cwt	111.00–116.00	712	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	634	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	505	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	548	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	587	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	95.85/cwt	80.00–107.00	393	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	112.06/cwt	110.00–120.00	468	5

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 215Last week 125Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 16

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	70.00–81.00	75.44
3	—	770	89.00–95.00	92.97
2	—	397	93.00	93.00
4	—	596	85.00	85.00
2	—	462	96.00	96.00
1	—	880	84.50	84.50
13	—	549	102.00	102.00
15	—	645	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	87.00	87.00
3	—	438	89.00	89.00
2	—	587	73.00	73.00
2	—	375	89.00	89.00
1	—	505	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	123.00	123.00
1	—	895	70.00	70.00
2	—	420	139.00	139.00
7	—	630	111.00–116.00	113.07
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
2	—	780	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	116.00	116.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	680	117.50–118.50	117.64
17	—	778	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
2	—	462	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
4	—	563	128.00	128.00
3	—	526	128.00	128.00
1	—	930	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	527	119.00	119.00
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
5	—	418	110.00–120.00	112.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	642	100.00–108.00	104.75
2	—	575	106.00	106.00
5	—	706	105.00	105.00
10	—	679	108.00	108.00
10	—	541	110.00–115.00	114.03
5	—	439	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	80.00–85.00	83.38
1	—	805	70.00	70.00
10	—	522	105.00	105.00
1	—	780	75.00	75.00
4	—	410	80.00–107.00	95.85

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,082	495.00–610.00	519.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,300	700.00–850.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,171	32.00–40.00	36.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	51.00	51.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	47.50	47.50

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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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