Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.65/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −116.38 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$243.65

7 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$33.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.20

vs KY average

−32.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	248.42	1,397	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	215.00	1,140	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.42/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale7 hd

243.65

—

KY average27 barns · 1,563 hd

265.84

−22.20

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−32.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−116.38

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	1,220	139.59	1,703	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	134.11	1,652	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	908	132.49	1,203	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	130.99	1,991	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	—	—	1,156	136.99/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,584	4
Bulls	—	—	1,475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,213	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,378	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	139.92/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,767	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,431	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	266.87/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	238.13/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,523	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	258.26/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,492	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	132.49/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,203	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	220.51/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,125	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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 40Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	131.00–140.00	136.99
1	—	1,475	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	120.00–127.00	123.82
7	—	1,263	132.00–150.00	139.92
1	—	1,255	114.00	114.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	130.00–132.00	130.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	128.00–137.00	132.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	308.00	308.00
1	400–450	405	319.00	319.00
2	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	564	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	510	220.00–221.00	220.51
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	247.00	247.00
1	400–450	410	239.00	239.00
1	500–550	530	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	252.00–274.00	266.87
2	500–550	513	269.00	269.00
4	550–600	587	234.00–251.00	238.13
4	600–650	640	206.00	206.00
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	785	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
6	550–600	580	245.00–263.00	258.26
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	181.00	181.00

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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