Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light test on feeder steers. Feeder heifers sold steady, heavy offering of weaned heifers. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower with no slaughter bulls. Moderate demand for slaughter cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $222.13/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$222.13

108 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$515

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

$65.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

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	673	225.08	1,515	101
Medium and Large 2	555	191.50	1,063	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	398	165.50	658	2thin
Medium 1-2	625	160.00	1,000	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.08/cwt here — about $515 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 sale108 hd

222.13

—

KY average25 barns · 6,676 hd

218.38

+3.75

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	94.25	1,492	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	80.35	988	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	960	64.50	619	2thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$975	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,460	$1,525	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,045	$1,225	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	733	$1,258	3thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	438	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	209.91/cwt	200.00–220.50	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,351	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	230.57/cwt	225.00–236.00	876	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	220.24/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	228.35/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,516	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	220.16/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,281	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,596	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	222.86/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,725	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,309	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	700	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	96.28/cwt	94.50–98.00	1,276	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	77.04/cwt	76.00–78.00	890	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	66.03/cwt	64.00–68.50	819	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,469	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,512	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	604	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	619	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	81.49/cwt	80.00–82.50	986	3

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 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 68Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 6Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	230.00	230.00
2	—	523	200.00–220.50	209.91
7	—	615	219.75	219.75
4	—	380	225.00–236.00	230.57
1	—	665	210.00	210.00
2	—	315	240.00	240.00
1	—	260	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	210.00–227.00	220.24
38	—	664	215.00–230.00	228.35
3	—	358	230.50	230.50
8	—	582	210.00–230.00	220.16
11	—	700	228.00	228.00
31	—	774	210.00–227.50	222.86
5	—	603	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
1	—	290	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	190.00	190.00
1	—	480	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	221.00	221.00
1	—	340	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,045	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,460	1,525.00	1,525.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	94.50–98.00	96.28
2	—	1,155	76.00–78.00	77.04
2	—	1,240	64.00–68.50	66.03
3	—	1,210	80.00–82.50	81.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,635	92.50	92.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	57.00	57.00
1	—	860	72.00	72.00

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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Heifers · 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

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Replacement Cattle

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