Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.00/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −177.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$290.00

27 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.13

vs KY average

−15.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	290.00	1,694	27

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale27 hd

290.00

—

KY average18 barns · 574 hd

302.13

−12.13

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−15.14

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−177.50

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	125.00	1,894	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,095	120.00	1,314	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1-2	450–500	452	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,171	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	507	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	492	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,614	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	317.90/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,478	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,314	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,694	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,034	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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 64Year ago 23

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 19Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	259.00	259.00
5	600–650	608	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	234.00	234.00
1	500–550	530	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	316.00	316.00
1	350–400	370	318.00	318.00
2	400–450	418	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	715	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	492	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	315.00–324.00	317.90
27	550–600	584	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	645	258.00	258.00
4	700–750	715	249.00	249.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	125.00	125.00

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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