Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $228.67/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$228.67

8 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.84

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	228.67	1,321	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

228.67

—

KY average24 barns · 825 hd

246.51

−17.84

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	1,375	148.00	2,035	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	122.50	1,847	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,281	116.99	1,499	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	74.00	742	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	164.07	1,898	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,035	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	104.45/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,257	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,847	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,082	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	419	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,157	164.07/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	249.79/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	250.78/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	230.05/cwt	222.50–234.00	1,343	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	230.30/cwt	223.00–231.50	1,568	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	229.09/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,353	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	120.13/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,563	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	510	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	867	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	315	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	435	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,265	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 Oct 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 103Year ago 38

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 4Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	148.00	148.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	100.00–109.00	104.45
8	—	1,301	117.00–123.00	120.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	120.00–125.00	122.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	105.00	105.00
1	—	975	43.00	43.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,157	158.00–168.00	164.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	274.00	274.00
2	550–600	580	247.00–254.50	250.78
5	600–650	601	241.00–252.00	249.79
3	650–700	683	242.00	242.00
1	850–900	875	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	535	219.00	219.00
7	550–600	584	222.50–234.00	230.05
7	650–700	681	223.00–231.50	230.30
1	700–750	715	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	500	253.00	253.00
2	550–600	585	224.00–234.00	229.09
3	650–700	694	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	222.50	222.50
1	500–550	500	211.00	211.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	138.00	138.00
1	500–550	515	140.00	140.00

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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