Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.20/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −195.30 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$272.20

25 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.09

vs KY average

−33.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	272.20	1,521	25

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale25 hd

272.20

—

KY average24 barns · 906 hd

270.11

+2.09

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−33.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−195.30

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	112.00	1,322	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	240.27/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,526	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,067	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 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 8Year ago 20

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	264.00	264.00
5	500–550	524	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	675	209.00	209.00
1	800–850	845	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
24	550–600	560	272.50	272.50
8	700–750	723	235.00–241.00	240.27
1	750–800	790	226.00	226.00
5	850–900	858	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	840	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	460	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	112.00	112.00

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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