Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week there was good demand for feeder classes. Strong demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −110.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$250.00

1 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.82

vs KY average

−26.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	250.00	1,288	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $369.48, low $342.95, median $360.03 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

250.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,643 hd

261.82

−11.82

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−26.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−110.03

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	—	High	1,975	140.00	2,765	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	120.50	1,838	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	114.34	1,389	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	111.54	1,065	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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$985	1thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	214.15/cwt	201.00–227.00	1,356	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	864	3
Bulls	—	—	1,975	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,765	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	433	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	313	325.45/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,511	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	111.54/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,065	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,838	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	125.45/cwt	122.50–130.00	1,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	235.07/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,175	4

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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 37Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 5Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 4

This week there was good demand for feeder classes. Strong demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	520	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	207.00	207.00
1	800–850	820	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	633	201.00–227.00	214.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	320.00–328.00	325.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	294.00	294.00
1	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	290.00	290.00
1	300–350	325	272.00	272.00
4	400–450	440	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	615	232.00–238.00	235.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	985.00	985.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,203	122.50–130.00	125.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	109.00–115.00	111.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	120.50	120.50

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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