Christian Co. Livestock Market Report

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.68/cwt ≈ $1,190/hd at 800 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	176	52	72
Feeder cattle	159	48	50
Slaughter cattle	11	2	16
Replacement cattle	6	2	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher. Not enought to trend 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
265	265	1	199.00	$199.00	$527	—
395	395	1	181.00	$181.00	$715	-12.00
440	440	2	180.00	$180.00	$792	-3.00
525	525	2	170.00	$170.00	$892	-6.00
568	568	2	152.00	$152.00	$863	-25.00
610	610	3	154.00	$154.00	$939	±0.00
663	663	4	150.50	$150.50	$998	—
725	725	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,008	+3.00
796	796	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,098	—
800 value added	800	65	149.25	$149.25	$1,194	—
815	815	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	171.00	$171.00	$496	—
380	380	1	130.00	$130.00	$494	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	110.00–118.00	$114.26	$306	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	170.00	$170.00	$639	+5.00
420–445	428	3	147.00–152.00	$150.27	$643	-8.73
458–473	466	4	150.00–156.00	$152.95	$713	-1.05
512	512	3	146.00	$146.00	$748	—
560–580	570	4	140.00–149.00	$144.42	$823	-2.48
601–625	605	6	144.00	$144.00	$871	—
660–688	681	4	137.00	$137.00	$933	—
755	755	5	131.00	$131.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	160.00	$160.00	$536	—
555	555	1	138.00	$138.00	$766	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	177.00	$177.00	$676	-8.00
430–445	438	2	168.00–175.00	$171.44	$751	—
460–495	478	2	157.00–168.00	$162.30	$776	—
573–598	583	5	148.00–157.00	$153.31	$894	-6.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1580	1580	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	137.00	$137.00	$699	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$592	—
1090–1355	1173	85-90%	6	58.50–66.50	$63.73	$748	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
377–396	389	8	116.50–131.00	$125.73	$489	—

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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.