Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.84/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −125.18 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$234.84

19 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$52.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.16

vs KY average

−2.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	240.35	1,225	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	188.00	1,072	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.35/cwt here — about $153 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 sale19 hd

234.84

—

KY average26 barns · 1,527 hd

234.68

+0.16

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−2.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−125.18

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%	Low	1,163	95.33	1,109	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	827	53.65	444	3thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	905	$849	2thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	930	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	827	53.65/cwt	40.00–60.00	444	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	946	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,485	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	631	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,292	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	848.95/head	810.00–885.00	849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	217.66/cwt	210.00–225.50	1,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	971	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	299.96/cwt	297.00–303.00	1,095	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	243.21/cwt	221.00–244.50	1,554	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,235	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	175.40/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,365	2

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 59Year ago 116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 5Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	93.00	93.00
1	—	1,140	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,350	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	827	40.00–60.00	53.65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	296.00	296.00
2	350–400	365	297.00–303.00	299.96
3	400–450	448	254.00	254.00
2	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	638	210.00–225.50	217.66
1	650–700	680	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	720	160.00	160.00
2	750–800	778	171.00–180.00	175.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	186.00	186.00
1	550–600	595	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	370	246.00	246.00
1	500–550	525	206.00	206.00
1	550–600	580	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	670	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	504	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	639	221.00–244.50	243.21
1	850–900	865	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	810.00–885.00	848.95

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

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