Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market due to light receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.38/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$140.38

17 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.07

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	544	140.38	763	17thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

140.38

—

KY average26 barns · 2,450 hd

131.31

+9.07

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	1,840	75.50	1,389	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	37.48	382	4thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	143.91/cwt	137.00–145.00	728	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	460	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,389	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	33.81/cwt	32.50–34.50	312	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 Oct 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36Last week 74Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 14

No trend on market due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	136.50	136.50
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
3	—	660	131.00	131.00
12	—	506	137.00–145.00	143.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	138.00	138.00
3	—	613	125.00	125.00
6	—	508	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	75.50	75.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	48.50	48.50
3	—	922	32.50–34.50	33.81

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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