Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −128.83 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$231.20

5 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.50

vs KY average

−13.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	235.00	1,387	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	216.00	1,112	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $274 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 sale5 hd

231.20

—

KY average26 barns · 1,138 hd

245.70

−14.50

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−13.21

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−128.83

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%	Average	1,490	134.00	1,997	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	923	66.83	617	3thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,042	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,547	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,997	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	66.83/cwt	65.00–70.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,112	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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 39Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	635	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	850	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	264.00	264.00
1	400–450	440	251.00	251.00
4	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	775	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	221.00	221.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	134.00	134.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	65.00–70.00	66.83

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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