Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $258.76/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$258.76

7 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,407

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.86

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	544	258.76	1,407	7thin

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 sale7 hd

258.76

—

KY average26 barns · 866 hd

244.90

+13.86

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	1,907	136.21	2,598	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	125.00	1,825	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	111.23	1,368	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	99.00	955	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	101.00	1,162	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,030	135.00	1,391	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,907	136.21/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,598	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,030	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,391	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	118.05/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,450	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,245	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,825	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	262.27/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,244	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	227.72/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	278.45/cwt	277.00–280.00	919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	294.01/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,237	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	238.46/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,117	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	910	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 Oct 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 50Year ago 42

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 21Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,907	134.00–139.00	136.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	116.00–119.00	118.05
2	—	1,233	100.00–102.00	100.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	125.00	125.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	99.00	99.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	101.00	101.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	292.00	292.00
2	350–400	373	292.00–296.00	294.01
4	400–450	428	289.00	289.00
5	500–550	528	251.00–265.00	262.27
2	550–600	583	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	666	219.00–230.00	227.72
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	277.00–280.00	278.45
1	350–400	385	247.00	247.00
3	400–450	438	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	473	236.00–241.00	238.46
1	500–550	515	224.00	224.00
3	600–650	637	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	570	160.00	160.00

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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