Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-26

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 26
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
23 vs last sale 28 66 vs year ago 71 · 93.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
16 vs last sale 1 13 vs year ago 4 · +325.0%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $237.30/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$237.30
6 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,330
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
37.47
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561237.301,3306thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
237.30
KY average25 barns · 480 hd
274.76
−37.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,168134.991,5772thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low989120.081,1873thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,04087.00/cwt87.00–87.009051
CowsLean 85-90%963136.62/cwt125.00–150.001,3162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168134.99/cwt130.00–141.001,5772
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650620138.67/cwt128.00–149.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550513211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0822
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600587234.59/cwt232.00–240.001,3773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550534240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2823

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.