Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.83/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −131.20 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$228.83

5 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.04

vs KY average

−13.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	228.83	1,197	5thin

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 sale5 hd

228.83

—

KY average26 barns · 920 hd

240.87

−12.04

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−13.05

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−131.20

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	129.00	1,628	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	965	85.00	820	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1-2	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	194.94/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,188	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,432	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	206.42/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,389	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,675	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	130.17/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,612	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	228.83/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,197	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,097	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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 34Year ago 27

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	595	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
7	650–700	673	195.00–210.00	206.42
4	700–750	746	192.00	192.00
1	750–800	765	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	220.00–235.00	228.83
4	600–650	614	226.00	226.00
2	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
6	700–750	712	190.00–200.00	194.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	241.00	241.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,080	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	70.00	70.00
1	—	945	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	125.50	125.50
3	—	1,238	130.00–130.50	130.17

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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