Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.26/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$126.26

15 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$30.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.80

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	443	132.41	586	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	583	101.67	593	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.74/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale15 hd

126.26

—

KY average25 barns · 6,132 hd

131.07

−4.80

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	1,467	76.96	1,129	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	53.36	783	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	50.80	685	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,219	42.60	519	7thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	610	127.85/cwt	127.00–129.50	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	228	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	228	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	315	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	266	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	463	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	463	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	542	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	127.97/cwt	122.00–131.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	845.00/cwt	845.00–845.00	9,633	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	77.58/cwt	74.50–80.50	1,443	2
Bulls	—	—	1,073	76.34/cwt	73.00–80.00	819	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	50.80/cwt	48.00–53.50	685	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	53.36/cwt	52.00–55.50	783	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	45.85/cwt	44.00–48.00	562	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	38.27/cwt	34.50–43.00	463	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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 36Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 4Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 7

No trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	127.00–129.50	127.85
1	—	545	133.00	133.00
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
2	—	370	155.00	155.00
3	—	498	141.00	141.00
1	—	445	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	115.00	115.00
1	—	755	80.00	80.00
1	—	860	72.00	72.00
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
1	—	530	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	140.00	140.00
2	—	273	134.00	134.00
2	—	510	129.00	129.00
1	—	615	119.00	119.00
3	—	435	122.00–131.00	127.97
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	228	100.00	100.00
1	—	315	90.00	90.00
2	—	463	100.00	100.00
6	—	542	95.00	95.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	845.00	845.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,860	74.50–80.50	77.58
2	—	1,073	73.00–80.00	76.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,348	48.00–53.50	50.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	52.00–55.50	53.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	44.00–48.00	45.85
3	—	1,210	34.50–43.00	38.27

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle