Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −149.53 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$210.50

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.87

vs KY average

−47.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	221.00	1,227	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	200.00	1,070	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $157 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 sale2 hd

210.50

—

KY average24 barns · 1,509 hd

234.37

−23.87

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−47.89

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−149.53

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	2,130	130.00	2,769	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,608	110.00	1,769	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,085	102.57	1,113	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	985	95.00	936	1thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	Lean 85-90%	—	985	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	936	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,769	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,113	2
Bulls	—	—	2,130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	250.00/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 49Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 12Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	95.00	95.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	100.00–105.00	102.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,130	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	603	249.00–251.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	650	230.00	230.00

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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