Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.94/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$147.94

31 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$4.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

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	606	148.25	898	29
Medium and Large 2-3	530	143.50	761	2thin

One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $138 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 sale31 hd

147.94

—

KY average18 barns · 1,106 hd

151.72

−3.78

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	1,973	105.37	2,079	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	82.54	1,258	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	81.22	1,040	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,152	61.30	706	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	380	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	863	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	148.83/cwt	145.00–149.50	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	883	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	851	10
Bulls	—	—	1,973	105.37/cwt	101.50–108.50	2,079	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	81.22/cwt	77.50–84.50	1,040	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	82.54/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,258	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	57.79/cwt	50.50–62.50	624	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,298	68.32/cwt	63.00–74.00	887	2

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 Jun 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 41Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 5Year ago 4

Due to lack of comparable receipts 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
2	—	380	179.00	179.00
6	—	536	161.00	161.00
3	—	458	183.00	183.00
4	—	675	134.00	134.00
5	—	717	124.75	124.75
7	—	575	153.50	153.50
2	—	958	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	144.00	144.00
1	—	570	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	725	120.00	120.00
7	—	504	145.00–149.50	148.83
2	—	370	154.00	154.00
2	—	430	154.00	154.00
4	—	670	125.00	125.00
10	—	587	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
1	—	690	128.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,973	101.50–108.50	105.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	77.50–84.50	81.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,524	77.00–86.00	82.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	50.50–62.50	57.79
2	—	1,298	63.00–74.00	68.32

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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