Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.08/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −102.94 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$257.08

29 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,452

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.60

vs KY average

−11.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	257.08	1,452	29

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 sale29 hd

257.08

—

KY average27 barns · 1,467 hd

262.68

−5.60

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−11.30

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−102.94

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%	Average	1,290	113.45	1,464	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,490	113.00	1,684	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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%	—	1,290	113.45/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,464	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,684	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	705	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,318	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,020	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,448	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,245	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	518	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	253.17/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	227.54/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	304.66/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	277.67/cwt	274.00–285.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	260.43/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	512	289.31/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,481	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	322.26/cwt	321.00–322.50	1,386	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	253.45/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,478	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,507	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	830	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,477	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	445	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	721	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	500–550	525	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,250	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	720	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,265	2

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 May 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 41Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	112.00–115.00	113.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	113.00	113.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	162.00	162.00
3	600–650	632	197.00	197.00
1	700–750	705	187.00	187.00
1	800–850	830	178.00	178.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	450	255.00	255.00
8	500–550	525	238.00	238.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	148.00	148.00
2	700–750	720	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	355	274.00–285.00	277.67
3	400–450	440	255.00–263.00	260.43
5	450–500	483	267.00	267.00
3	500–550	515	249.00–260.00	253.17
22	550–600	583	240.00–255.00	253.45
4	600–650	622	225.00–230.00	227.54
2	700–750	728	197.00	197.00
1	750–800	765	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	530	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	560	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	636	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	321.00–322.50	322.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	374	290.00–319.00	304.66
1	400–450	400	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	545	257.00	257.00
1	600–650	610	247.00	247.00
3	650–700	653	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	820	171.00	171.00
1	900–950	945	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	333.00	333.00
2	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
6	500–550	512	281.00–291.00	289.31

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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