Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $230.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −108.51 against this barn's trailing median of $338.51.

Average price

$230.00

1 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.05

vs KY average

−21.37 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	640	230.00	1,472	1thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

230.00

—

KY average27 barns · 979 hd

246.05

−16.05

National average162 barns · 8,607 hd

251.37

−21.37

This barn, trailing median1 sales

338.51

−108.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,000	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 2-3	850–900	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,669	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,379	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	249.40/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,452	1

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 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 40Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
15	450–500	477	289.00	289.00
1	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	205.00	205.00
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	565	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	274.00	274.00
5	600–650	600	245.00–256.00	249.40
1	700–750	745	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	1,725.00	1,725.00

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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