Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −196.25 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$271.25

4 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$398

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

$95.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.73

vs KY average

−28.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	295.00	1,578	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	200.00	1,180	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.00/cwt here — about $398 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

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 sale4 hd

271.25

—

KY average24 barns · 769 hd

303.98

−32.73

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−28.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−196.25

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	—	Low	1,455	118.00	1,717	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	127.50	1,425	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	118.00	1,192	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	258.99/cwt	258.00–260.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,454	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,392	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,192	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,451	1
Bulls	—	—	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	1
Bulls	—	—	2,135	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	3,117	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 Jun 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 72Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 12Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	635	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	258.00–260.00	258.99
1	450–500	480	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	445	314.00	314.00
1	500–550	525	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,075	135.00	135.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	118.00	118.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	90.00	90.00
1	—	2,135	146.00	146.00

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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