Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.86/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$145.86

7 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$24.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

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	577	149.33	862	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	125.00	663	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.33/cwt here — about $199 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 sale7 hd

145.86

—

KY average22 barns · 1,156 hd

150.99

−5.14

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	2,565	85.00	2,180	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,265	45.50	576	1thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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	—	435	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	920	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	611	2
Bulls	—	—	2,565	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	2,180	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	576	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 Feb 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 110Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 17Year ago 8

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	164.00	164.00
4	—	648	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	132.00	132.00
2	—	448	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
2	—	443	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,565	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	45.50	45.50

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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