Christian Co. Livestock Market Report

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $223.35/cwt +5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $974/hd at 436 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	87	134	116
Feeder cattle	71	125	107
Slaughter cattle	4	8	8
Replacement cattle	12	1	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	246.00	$246.00	$824	—
443	443	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,041	—
508	508	4	226.50	$226.50	$1,151	-1.83
575	575	1	200.50	$200.50	$1,153	-4.60
680	680	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,428	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,262	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	212.00	$212.00	$647	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	221.00	$221.00	$552	—
365–381	378	8	200.00–216.00	$214.07	$809	—
448	448	2	209.00	$209.00	$936	—
513–540	522	3	188.00–196.00	$190.76	$996	-10.24
555	555	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,138	+14.00
645	645	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,206	-5.80
665	665	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,190	-8.26

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	184.00	$184.00	$570	—
500	500	1	147.50	$147.50	$738	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	1	121.00	$121.00	$992	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	247.50	$247.50	$705	+29.50
350–395	373	2	211.00–225.00	$218.42	$815	-13.61
425–439	436	12	208.00–228.00	$223.35	$974	+5.32
503–515	505	5	200.00–220.00	$215.92	$1,090	—
565–587	576	6	198.00–211.00	$204.62	$1,179	-6.38
648	648	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,361	+10.00
733	733	2	179.50	$179.50	$1,316	-9.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1320	1140	80-85%	3	68.50–79.00	$74.31	$847	-4.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$768	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,493	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–800	758	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,095.00	$1,000.05
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–800	795	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–875.00	$850.16
795	795	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	765.00	$765.00
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	855.00	$855.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	3	140.00	$140.00	$773	—

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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.