Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $260.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −242.00 against this barn's trailing median of $502.00.

Average price

$260.00

2 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$459

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

$118.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−64.08

vs KY average

−72.59 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	440	319.00	1,404	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	470	201.00	945	1thin

One grade step is worth $118.00/cwt here — about $459 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

260.00

—

KY average23 barns · 530 hd

324.08

−64.08

National average166 barns · 6,406 hd

332.59

−72.59

This barn, trailing median1 sales

502.00

−242.00

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%	Average	940	120.00	1,128	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	107.35	1,002	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	1050–1100	1,060	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,769	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	945	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,128	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	107.35/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,002	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 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 118Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,060	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
3	550–600	582	241.00	241.00
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	319.00	319.00
21	700–750	740	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	709	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	201.00	201.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	105.00–110.00	107.35

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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