Christian Co. Livestock Market Report

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	141	84	163
Feeder cattle	125	55	142
Slaughter cattle	14	22	13
Replacement cattle	2	7	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend this week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	139.00	$139.00	$656	—
536	536	3	132.00	$132.00	$708	—
593	593	5	128.00	$128.00	$759	—
655	655	1	122.50	$122.50	$802	-4.00
750	750	2	121.00	$121.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	118.00	$118.00	$330	—
340	340	1	117.00	$117.00	$398	—
365–380	373	4	118.00–121.00	$120.23	$448	-17.20
422–438	430	4	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$518	-13.49
470–488	485	6	117.00–121.50	$120.77	$586	—
535	535	4	110.00	$110.00	$588	-13.00
630	630	4	112.00	$112.00	$706	-12.83
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	-10.00
971	971	3	80.00	$80.00	$777	—
1145	1145	7	85.50	$85.50	$979	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	-10.00
658	658	3	100.00	$100.00	$658	—
745	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–347	334	4	135.00–136.00	$135.48	$453	—
440	440	4	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	-10.00
586	586	3	119.50	$119.50	$700	—
665	665	5	113.00	$113.00	$751	-5.00
738	738	2	90.00	$90.00	$664	-16.00
758	758	3	95.00	$95.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	116.00	$116.00	$505	—
505–548	536	7	110.00–114.00	$112.92	$605	—
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—
702	702	2	84.00	$84.00	$590	—
855	855	6	70.00	$70.00	$598	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1235	1075	85-90%	4	40.00–49.00	$43.33	$466	—
1050–1160	1105	85-90%	2	30.50–32.50	$31.45	$348	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	75-80%	1	44.50	$44.50	$432	—
1360–1550	1455	75-80%	2	52.00–54.50	$53.33	$776	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	80-85%	1	53.50	$53.50	$730	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	595.00	$595.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.