Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −127.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$233.00

2 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.10

vs KY average

−25.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	250.00	1,313	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	216.00	1,166	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $146 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

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 sale2 hd

233.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,814 hd

270.10

−37.10

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−25.46

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−127.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	648	$725	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	600	$675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,715	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	408	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	310.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,305	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	600	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	648	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	3

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 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19Last week 73Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 2

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,715	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	600	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	648	725.00	725.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	540	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	261.00	261.00
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	300.00–315.00	310.20
2	450–500	450	290.00	290.00

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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