Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $223.28/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −136.74 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$223.28

12 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$29.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.48

vs KY average

−23.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	225.76	1,272	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	196.00	1,029	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.76/cwt here — about $243 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 sale12 hd

223.28

—

KY average26 barns · 955 hd

231.76

−8.48

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−23.50

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−136.74

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	1,605	124.00	1,990	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	117.15	1,380	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	88.17	797	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	550–600	560	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	338	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,118	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	117.15/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,380	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	94.75/cwt	90.00–99.00	898	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	258.13/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	251.75/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,296	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	260.02/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	219.79/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,136	3

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 73Year ago 22

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 7Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	267.00	267.00
5	400–450	434	240.00–260.00	251.75
3	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	560	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	251.00	251.00
1	550–600	575	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	196.00	196.00
1	650–700	650	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
8	400–450	444	246.00–262.00	260.02
3	500–550	517	215.00–229.00	219.79
5	550–600	592	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	523	255.00–261.00	258.13
1	550–600	575	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	675	242.00	242.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,178	114.00–121.00	117.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	124.00	124.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	90.00–99.00	94.75
1	—	815	75.00	75.00

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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