Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $249.22/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$249.22

9 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$27.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.88

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	576	258.33	1,488	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	231.00	1,247	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.33/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

249.22

—

KY average25 barns · 528 hd

264.11

−14.88

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	915	130.50	1,194	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,530	$2,100	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	665	$1,275	1thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,131	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,258	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	370	130.00/cwt	120.00–140.00	481	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	340	149.85/cwt	140.00–160.00	509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,084	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,507	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	325.34/cwt	321.00–330.00	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,749	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,247	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,105	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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 39Year ago 27

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 3

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	125.00	125.00
1	—	925	136.00	136.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	140.00–160.00	149.85
2	350–400	370	120.00–140.00	130.00
1	400–450	430	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	321.00–330.00	325.34
1	300–350	308	322.00	322.00
1	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
5	550–600	591	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	610	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	815	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	355	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	430	252.00	252.00
3	500–550	540	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	420	263.00	263.00
4	450–500	480	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
3	600–650	619	229.00	229.00
5	650–700	682	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
10	600–650	636	275.00	275.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,530	2,100.00	2,100.00

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

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