Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder and slaughter cattle traded sharply higher and with strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.16/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$131.16

98 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$412

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

$31.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

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	671	131.48	882	97
Small and Medium 1-2	470	100.00	470	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.48/cwt here — about $412 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 sale98 hd

131.16

—

KY average25 barns · 5,710 hd

136.03

−4.87

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	1,915	85.50	1,637	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,435	65.50	940	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,180	48.35	570	3thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,915	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,637	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	940	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	50.27/cwt	50.00–50.50	636	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	179.25/cwt	170.00–181.50	670	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	775	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	8,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	163.96/cwt	161.00–170.00	789	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	895	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,077	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	147.25/cwt	146.50–149.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	153.98/cwt	149.00–155.00	670	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	7,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	144.83/cwt	144.00–145.50	760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	181.85/cwt	178.00–186.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	949	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	135.71/cwt	135.00–136.00	769	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,878	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	677.38/cwt	375.00–985.00	5,365	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,219	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	92.90/cwt	90.00–96.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	113.84/cwt	112.50–114.50	814	3

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 Apr 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 77Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 3

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder and slaughter cattle traded sharply higher and with strong demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	85.50	85.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	65.50	65.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	50.00–50.50	50.27
1	—	1,010	44.50	44.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	170.00–181.50	179.25
5	—	449	172.50	172.50
6	—	601	143.50	143.50
12	—	481	161.00–170.00	163.96
2	—	333	170.50	170.50
2	—	660	123.50	123.50
3	—	715	112.50–114.50	113.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	153.00	153.00
1	—	635	127.50	127.50
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
2	—	525	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	124.50	124.50
1	—	715	113.00	113.00
4	—	362	146.50–149.00	147.25
6	—	435	149.00–155.00	153.98
9	—	525	144.00–145.50	144.83
1	—	290	161.00	161.00
2	—	633	121.00	121.00
7	—	567	135.00–136.00	135.71
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	750	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	157.50	157.50
60	—	825	130.50	130.50
5	—	431	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	119.50	119.50
2	—	275	178.00–186.00	181.85

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)	1	—	1,230	665.00	665.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	595.00	595.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	705	550.00	550.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	792	375.00–985.00	677.38
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	825.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	730	90.00–96.00	92.90

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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