Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeders due to light receipts from last week. Unfavorable weather conditions and bawling calves continue to drive prices down.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $194.53/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$194.53

21 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.34

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	197.50	978	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	604	195.92	1,184	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	480	188.00	902	1thin
Medium 1-2	435	170.00	740	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $238 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

194.53

—

KY average25 barns · 2,986 hd

199.87

−5.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 1-2	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	169.32/cwt	163.00–179.00	1,300	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	216.84/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,032	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	448	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	792	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	668	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	787	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,086	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	533	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	193.39/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,131	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	197.13/cwt	194.00–199.00	954	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,163	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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Receipts 66Last week 22Year ago 165

No comparison on feeders due to light receipts from last week. Unfavorable weather conditions and bawling calves continue to drive prices down.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	163.00–179.00	169.32
2	—	608	199.00	199.00
1	—	650	200.00	200.00
6	—	476	216.00–217.00	216.84
1	—	700	169.00	169.00
1	—	405	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	197.50	197.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	153.00	153.00
3	—	668	147.00	147.00
3	—	787	138.00	138.00
6	—	533	161.00	161.00
6	—	645	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	178.00	178.00
1	—	525	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	191.00–195.00	193.39
1	—	395	199.00	199.00
1	—	685	180.00	180.00
7	—	484	194.00–199.00	197.13
1	—	625	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	185.00	185.00
1	—	345	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	219.00	219.00
1	—	550	230.00	230.00

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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