Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold strong. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $279.37/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −188.13 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$279.37

8 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.01

vs KY average

−26.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	279.37	1,475	8thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale8 hd

279.37

—

KY average24 barns · 1,057 hd

293.38

−14.01

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−26.10

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−188.13

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	—	Average	2,105	138.50	2,915	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	130.33	2,022	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	123.69	1,460	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	850	117.50	999	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	2,105	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,915	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	133.54/cwt	127.50–138.00	1,683	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	118.77/cwt	117.00–122.50	1,355	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	2,067	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,934	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	839	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,930	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,766	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	280.23/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,617	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,430	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	271.31/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,283	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,306	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,455	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	420	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	279.37/cwt	276.00–283.00	1,475	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 30Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold strong. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,105	138.50	138.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	127.50–138.00	133.54
4	—	1,141	117.00–122.50	118.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	132.50	132.50
1	—	1,535	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
1	—	920	125.00	125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	715	247.00	247.00
7	800–850	839	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	276.00–283.00	279.37
33	600–650	623	259.50	259.50
6	650–700	652	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	370	275.00	275.00
8	400–450	426	274.00–284.00	280.23
11	450–500	473	260.00–285.00	271.31
1	500–550	515	255.00	255.00
17	550–600	596	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	637	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	775	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	290.00	290.00
4	300–350	331	307.00	307.00
3	550–600	575	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	314.00	314.00
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	500	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	217.50	217.50

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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