Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-03

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 135 vs year ago 165 · 81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 5 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 121.28 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$238.75
4 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
15.45
vs KY average
31.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530238.751,2654thin
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
383365347329median 360.0304/0104/0107/0808/1208/12
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 sale4 hd
238.75
KY average25 barns · 1,384 hd
254.20
−15.45
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−31.84
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−121.28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,650140.002,3101thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,590135.552,1552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273123.131,5685thin
CowsLean 85-90%High848119.941,0172thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500465312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000950141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700695187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325279.00/cwt279.00–279.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590135.55/cwt134.00–137.002,1552
CowsLean 85-90%848119.94/cwt114.00–125.001,0172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650633260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,6491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400360280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500470283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287117.46/cwt115.00–119.001,5123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,253131.63/cwt129.00–134.001,6492
Bulls1,650140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900878223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700695240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530238.75/cwt237.00–244.001,2654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850842188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5838

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.