Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.52/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −131.51 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$228.52

30 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.31

vs KY average

−11.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	228.52	1,297	30

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 sale30 hd

228.52

—

KY average25 barns · 1,420 hd

233.83

−5.31

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−11.57

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−131.51

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	—	Average	1,400	131.00	1,834	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	122.00	1,769	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,349	119.50	1,612	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,020	60.00	612	1thin

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 1-2	300–350	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	242.48/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	229.22/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,329	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,257	3
Bulls	—	—	1,400	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,834	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,612	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,769	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	225.36/cwt	225.00–225.50	1,526	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,577	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 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 64Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	950	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	253.00	253.00
8	600–650	640	240.00–245.00	242.48
5	650–700	693	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	220.00	220.00
5	500–550	505	225.00	225.00
25	550–600	580	225.00–230.00	229.22
3	600–650	613	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	608	231.00	231.00
14	650–700	677	225.00–225.50	225.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	131.00	131.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	119.50	119.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	122.00	122.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	60.00	60.00

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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