Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $267.61/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$267.61

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.00

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	267.61	1,465	10thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

267.61

—

KY average25 barns · 581 hd

269.61

−2.00

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,405	121.42	1,706	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	119.50	1,816	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	150.00	1,793	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	300–350	345	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	131.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	331.99/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,335	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	244.46/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,793	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,816	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	127.31/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	271.19/cwt	258.50–275.00	1,399	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	264.03/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,205	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,622	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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 135Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	347.00	347.00
2	350–400	373	357.00	357.00
5	400–450	402	330.00–332.50	331.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	258.50–275.00	271.19
5	550–600	579	260.00–265.00	264.03
2	600–650	620	240.00–249.00	244.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	251.00	251.00
2	400–450	428	259.00	259.00
5	450–500	492	245.00	245.00
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	595	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	673	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	755	216.00	216.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	130.00–133.00	131.50
1	—	1,420	89.50	89.50
2	—	1,385	125.00–129.50	127.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	150.00	150.00

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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