Christian Co. Livestock Market Report

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	51	99	109
Feeder cattle	36	85	87
Slaughter cattle	12	8	13
Replacement cattle	3	6	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to light receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	119.50	$119.50	$986	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	146.00	$146.00	$467	—
371	371	4	140.00	$140.00	$519	-9.00
413	413	2	142.00	$142.00	$586	-6.34
523	523	4	138.00	$138.00	$722	+0.26
560	560	1	134.00	$134.00	$750	+0.33
845	845	1	110.00	$110.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	135.00	$135.00	$385	—
480	480	1	136.00	$136.00	$653	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	176.00	$176.00	$590	—
354	354	1	171.00	$171.00	$605	+4.49
433	433	7	165.00	$165.00	$714	—
535	535	1	147.50	$147.50	$789	-4.78
658	658	2	126.00	$126.00	$829	—
1030	1030	1	93.00	$93.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	85-90%	1	42.00	$42.00	$304	—
1111	1111	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$489	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$856	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685	1685	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$1,011	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	74.50	$74.50	$1,006	—
1450	1450	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,392	—
1625–2090	1875	3	78.00–82.00	$79.53	$1,491	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	755.00	$755.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	845.00	$845.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	70.00	$70.00	$298	—
538	538	2	70.00	$70.00	$377	—

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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.