Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $201.40/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −158.63 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$201.40

5 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$491

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

$84.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−55.33

vs KY average

−65.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	235.00	1,356	3thin
Large 2-3	573	151.00	865	2thin

One grade step is worth $84.00/cwt here — about $491 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale5 hd

201.40

—

KY average25 barns · 1,537 hd

256.73

−55.33

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−65.47

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−158.63

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	2,250	136.50	3,071	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	120.09	1,533	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	740	91.00	673	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	553	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	573	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	257.39/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,184	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,744	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	673	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	112.13/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,463	2
Bulls	—	—	2,250	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	3,071	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,216	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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 65Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 4

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	136.00	136.00
2	—	1,305	111.00–113.00	112.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	91.00	91.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,250	136.50	136.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	553	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	250.00–260.00	257.39
3	550–600	577	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	760	185.00	185.00
8	850–900	869	165.00	165.00
3	900–950	948	150.00	150.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	715	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,350.00	1,350.00

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 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

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