Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.85/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$236.85

53 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$720

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

$100.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.42

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	638	242.56	1,547	50
Medium and Large 2-3	583	141.67	826	3thin

One grade step is worth $100.89/cwt here — about $720 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 sale53 hd

236.85

—

KY average25 barns · 7,760 hd

247.27

−10.42

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	1,520	120.00	1,824	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	110.75	1,741	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	97.68	1,155	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	878	79.25	695	2thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	440	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,307	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,334	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	416	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	757	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	830	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,010	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	196.00/cwt	190.00–202.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	234.17/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	237.31/cwt	235.00–239.00	990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,270	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	219.67/cwt	217.00–221.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,824	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	92.98/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,058	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	112.54/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,508	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	87.52/cwt	87.00–88.00	936	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	110.75/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,741	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	850	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	556	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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 68Year ago 160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 8Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	240.00	240.00
2	—	653	212.50	212.50
6	—	605	216.00	216.00
1	—	545	200.00	200.00
1	—	845	162.00	162.00
3	—	592	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	512	260.50	260.50
10	—	1,010	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	223.00	223.00
2	—	583	242.00	242.00
4	—	740	224.00	224.00
5	—	525	225.00–248.00	234.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	160.00	160.00
1	—	795	120.00	120.00
1	—	410	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	182.00	182.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	440	124.00	124.00
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	113.00	113.00
1	—	945	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,000	126.00	126.00
5	—	417	235.00–239.00	237.31
10	—	588	216.00	216.00
1	—	890	162.00	162.00
2	—	635	217.00	217.00
2	—	675	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	190.00–202.00	196.00
2	—	590	191.00	191.00
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
3	—	355	217.00–221.00	219.67
1	—	425	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	92.00–94.00	92.98
2	—	1,340	112.00–113.00	112.54
2	—	1,070	87.00–88.00	87.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,572	109.00–112.00	110.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	89.00	89.00
1	—	800	69.50	69.50

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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