Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to trend market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $158.25/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$158.25

22 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$37.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.58

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	491	173.65	852	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	614	136.00	836	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.65/cwt here — about $17 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 sale22 hd

158.25

—

KY average25 barns · 2,730 hd

168.83

−10.58

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	—	Low	1,345	90.00	1,211	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	54.69	642	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$1,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$945	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$925	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	700	$800	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$776	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2-3	—	788	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	176.11/cwt	175.00–176.50	926	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	148.50/cwt	148.00–149.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	945.00/head	945.00–945.00	945	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	775.97/head	765.00–785.00	776	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,211	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	58.29/cwt	56.50–60.00	723	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	494	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 Aug 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 79Year ago 41

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 8

Not enough to trend market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	121.00	121.00
2	—	440	154.00	154.00
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	600	126.00	126.00
3	—	668	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	153.00	153.00
2	—	445	180.00	180.00
4	—	374	185.00	185.00
2	—	650	150.00	150.00
4	—	526	175.00–176.50	176.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	170.00	170.00
1	—	650	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	159.00	159.00
1	—	540	160.00	160.00
3	—	380	164.00	164.00
1	—	700	139.00	139.00
2	—	620	148.00–149.00	148.50
3	—	583	155.00	155.00
1	—	780	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	945.00	945.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	775	765.00–785.00	775.97
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	56.50–60.00	58.29
1	—	1,040	47.50	47.50

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle