Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.51/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$121.51

93 head · 874 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$630

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

$19.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.73

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	320	140.00	448	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	892	120.89	1,078	90

One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about −$630 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 sale93 hd

121.51

—

KY average27 barns · 5,133 hd

137.24

−15.73

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	1,530	70.67	1,081	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	62.63	714	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	935	42.50	397	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	62.63/cwt	60.50–65.00	714	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	70.67/cwt	67.50–73.00	1,081	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	857	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,010	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	1,194	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	190	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	439	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	11,992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	921	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	134.29/cwt	130.00–139.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.79/cwt	124.00–129.50	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	501	2

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 May 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 134Year ago 47

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 5

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	60.50–65.00	62.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	67.50–73.00	70.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	42.50	42.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	154.00	154.00
1	—	530	146.50	146.50
1	—	585	137.50	137.50
1	—	845	80.00	80.00
2	—	625	124.00–129.50	126.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	697	123.00	123.00
15	—	782	117.75	117.75
7	—	564	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,010	118.25	118.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
2	—	358	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	117.00	117.00
2	—	190	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	119.50	119.50
10	—	626	125.50	125.50
2	—	373	130.00–139.00	134.29

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	—	1,355	885.00	885.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	56.50	56.50

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

Steers · 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

Replacement Cattle