Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

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 $136.51/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$136.51

21 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$15.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.17

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	551	139.53	769	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	424	123.70	524	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $244 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 sale21 hd

136.51

—

KY average22 barns · 6,238 hd

147.68

−11.17

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	1,950	91.50	1,784	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,165	25.00	291	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	350	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	152.56/cwt	150.00–160.00	873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	983	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	207	130.10/cwt	123.00–134.00	269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	132.98/cwt	131.00–134.00	883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.67/cwt	133.00–137.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	127.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,116	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,784	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	291	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 Mar 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 149Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year 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
1	—	350	191.00	191.00
1	—	425	173.00	173.00
1	—	465	171.00	171.00
1	—	650	129.00	129.00
1	—	715	121.00	121.00
4	—	572	150.00–160.00	152.56
2	—	500	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	240	119.00	119.00
2	—	428	125.00–130.00	127.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	146.00	146.00
1	—	460	144.00	144.00
3	—	664	131.00–134.00	132.98
5	—	514	146.00	146.00
1	—	430	144.00	144.00
3	—	577	133.00–137.00	135.67
2	—	730	126.00	126.00
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	630	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	207	123.00–134.00	130.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	693	144.50	144.50
1	—	900	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	91.50	91.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	25.00	25.00

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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