Christian Co. Livestock Market Report, Hopkinsville, KY

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.75/cwt ≈ $1,354/hd at 775 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	234	43	177
Feeder cattle	214	37	145
Slaughter cattle	16	3	13
Replacement cattle	4	3	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend due to lack of comparable 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
460–480	470	2	168.00–170.00	$168.98	$794	—
510	510	1	150.00	$150.00	$765	—
630	630	1	135.00	$135.00	$850	—
775 value added	775	65	174.75	$174.75	$1,354	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088	1088	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	4	140.00	$140.00	$504	—
444	444	6	147.50	$147.50	$655	—
518	518	2	130.00	$130.00	$673	—
560	560	2	130.00	$130.00	$728	—
600	600	2	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
660	660	3	122.00	$122.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	150.00	$150.00	$518	—
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
444	444	6	160.00	$160.00	$710	-18.00
460	460	4	160.00	$160.00	$736	—
525–534	532	5	149.00–150.00	$149.20	$794	-20.80
600	600	3	130.00	$130.00	$780	—
661	661	4	129.00	$129.00	$853	—
736	736	4	118.00	$118.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	—
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	—
530	530	2	130.00	$130.00	$689	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	84.00	$84.00	$802	—
1085–1165	1127	85-90%	3	48.50–50.00	$49.52	$558	-10.69
1200	1200	85-90%	2	64.00–65.50	$64.75	$777	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1570	1373	75-80%	3	65.00–69.50	$67.82	$931	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1365	1288	80-85%	3	74.00–75.00	$74.69	$962	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–1785	1655	3	83.50–96.50	$91.80	$1,519	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1325	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	755.00–900.00	$842.37

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
199	199	5	103.00	$103.00	$205	—
248	248	9	116.00	$116.00	$288	—
315	315	4	120.00	$120.00	$378	—
453–468	466	35	103.00–139.00	$135.00	$629	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–345	338	10	70.00–103.00	$83.48	$282	—
376	376	5	80.00	$80.00	$301	—

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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.