Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.55/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$146.55

196 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$859

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

$95.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.47

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	817	149.25	1,219	122
Medium and Large 1-2	731	145.82	1,066	71
Small and Medium 3	668	54.00	361	3thin

One grade step is worth $95.25/cwt here — about $859 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 sale196 hd

146.55

—

KY average26 barns · 4,584 hd

147.02

−0.47

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	43.84	446	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	817	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,219	122
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	279	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	326	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	43.84/cwt	42.50–45.50	446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	653	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	557	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	682	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	379	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	451	9
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	668	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	361	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	424	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	911	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	716	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	593	1

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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 269Last week 160Year ago 79

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 19

No trend due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	817	149.25	149.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	156.00	156.00
1	—	440	148.50	148.50
1	—	355	167.00	167.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	54.00	54.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	750	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	137.50	137.50
4	—	528	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	135.00	135.00
9	—	461	148.00	148.00
2	—	303	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	135.00	135.00
3	—	440	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	471	152.00	152.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	279	117.00	117.00
6	—	557	120.00	120.00
9	—	379	119.00	119.00
4	—	911	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	42.50–45.50	43.84

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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