Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.17/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −113.86 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$246.17

7 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.97

vs KY average

−5.77 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	246.17	1,370	7thin

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 sale7 hd

246.17

—

KY average26 barns · 994 hd

252.13

−5.97

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−5.77

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−113.86

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

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 2-3	550–600	564	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	232.14/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	235.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,083	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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 39Last week 30Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	564	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	503	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	598	252.00	252.00
1	800–850	820	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	945	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	292	284.00	284.00
3	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	570	230.00–240.00	235.09
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
5	650–700	683	220.00–235.00	232.14
4	900–950	939	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	765	186.00	186.00

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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