Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to holiday last week. 58 Test cows were not reported this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.92/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$140.92

56 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$21.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.42

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	453	141.51	642	54
Medium and Large 2-3	305	130.00	397	1thin
Small and Medium 2-3	370	120.00	444	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.51/cwt here — about $198 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 sale56 hd

140.92

—

KY average23 barns · 2,150 hd

123.51

+17.42

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	1,843	76.25	1,405	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	56.25	676	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	51.72	807	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	44.29	534	4thin

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	—	—	2,015	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,662	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,169	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	783	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	570	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	52.53/cwt	48.00–56.00	854	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	150.01/cwt	140.00–154.50	635	19
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	122.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	502	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	123.69/cwt	120.00–125.75	626	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	501	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	256	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	565	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	647	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	44.29/cwt	38.00–48.50	534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	127.24/cwt	125.00–132.00	617	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	112.49/cwt	111.00–114.00	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	748	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 130Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 28Year ago 13

No trend due to holiday last week. 58 Test cows were not reported this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,015	82.50	82.50
1	—	1,670	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,200	47.50	47.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	48.00–56.00	52.53
1	—	1,295	48.50	48.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	38.00–48.50	44.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	423	140.00–154.50	150.01
9	—	311	161.00	161.00
11	—	508	132.00	132.00
1	—	380	141.00	141.00
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
6	—	485	125.00–132.00	127.24
7	—	584	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	121.00–125.00	122.96
1	—	425	146.00	146.00
5	—	256	195.00	195.00
4	—	746	111.00–114.00	112.49
1	—	480	140.00	140.00
7	—	509	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
1	—	490	132.00	132.00
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	596	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	103.50	103.50
7	—	383	131.00	131.00
25	—	506	120.00–125.75	123.69
4	—	558	113.50	113.50
11	—	450	125.50	125.50
1	—	325	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	115.00	115.00

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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