Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.56/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −114.47 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$245.56

9 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.76

vs KY average

−21.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	245.56	1,364	9thin

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

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 sale9 hd

245.56

—

KY average24 barns · 1,125 hd

266.31

−20.76

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−21.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−114.47

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%	High	1,770	136.00	2,407	1thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,377	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,527	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	858	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 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28Last week 14Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 5Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	136.00	136.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
8	550–600	562	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	765	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
8	650–700	658	232.00	232.00

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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