Christian Co. Livestock Market Report, Hopkinsville, KY

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	86	94	144
Feeder cattle	81	80	128
Slaughter cattle	1	9	8
Replacement cattle	4	5	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with limited comparable receipts. No test on slaughter cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
583	583	5	151.00	$151.00	$880	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	139.00	$139.00	$785	—
695	695	1	135.00	$135.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	126.00	$126.00	$643	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
358	358	2	143.00	$143.00	$512	—
410–415	413	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$555	-20.50
478–498	494	9	146.00–152.00	$150.71	$745	—
505–540	515	9	140.00–149.50	$145.18	$748	+4.18
570–575	574	7	132.00–138.00	$134.86	$774	—
690	690	1	125.50	$125.50	$866	-8.00
700	700	3	120.00	$120.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	130.00	$130.00	$615	-6.00
510	510	1	132.00	$132.00	$673	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	135.00	$135.00	$439	-25.00
370	370	1	143.00	$143.00	$529	—
500–548	521	7	145.00–146.00	$145.55	$758	+10.55
635	635	2	133.25	$133.25	$846	—
660	660	1	130.50	$130.50	$861	—
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
498	498	2	131.50	$131.50	$655	—
510	510	2	135.00	$135.00	$688	—
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	108.00	$108.00	$475	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2295	2295	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,733	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470	1470	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	945.00	$945.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	91.00	$91.00	$473	—
603	603	6	92.00	$92.00	$555	—

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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.