Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $235.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −232.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$235.00

1 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−27.30

vs KY average

−33.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	235.00	1,328	1thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale1 hd

235.00

—

KY average23 barns · 1,024 hd

262.30

−27.30

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−33.20

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−232.50

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,813	137.00	2,483	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,363	125.90	1,716	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	875	51.00	446	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,991	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	125.90/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,716	2
Bulls	—	—	2,045	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	3,027	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	446	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	363	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	206.61/cwt	200.00–210.00	986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,904	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	223.66/cwt	220.00–225.00	917	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	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 Sep 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 40Year ago 116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	126.00	126.00
1	—	2,045	148.00	148.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	123.00–129.00	125.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	51.00	51.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	156.00	156.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	259.00	259.00
1	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	660	206.00	206.00
3	750–800	785	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	220.00	220.00
2	350–400	363	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	435	195.00	195.00
2	450–500	465	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	565	160.00	160.00
1	600–650	610	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	220.00–225.00	223.66
3	450–500	477	200.00–210.00	206.61
2	600–650	600	205.00	205.00
3	700–750	733	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
23	850–900	898	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00

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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