Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
← earliestJun 19Jun 26
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
165 vs last sale 0 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on sale this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.26/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$159.26
118 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$493
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3-4
$120.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483168.76815108
Medium and Large 2-3295134.003951thin
Small and Medium 3-467148.003229thin
One grade step is worth $120.76/cwt here — about $493 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale118 hd
159.26
KY average22 barns · 5,090 hd
135.70
+23.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,70568.671,1713thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27055.006991thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50554.018133thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15037.004261thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,70566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1251
CowsLean 85-90%1,15037.00/cwt37.00–37.004261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50554.01/cwt53.00–55.008133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27055.00/cwt55.00–55.006991
Bulls1,70570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1942
Dairy SteersLarge 358565.00/cwt65.00–65.003802
SteersSmall and Medium 3-467148.00/cwt48.00–48.003229
SteersMedium and Large 2-3295134.00/cwt134.00–134.003951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482169.52/cwt169.52–169.52817105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.008381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540142.00/cwt142.00–142.007671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3590106.00/cwt106.00–106.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500113.00/cwt113.00–113.005651
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225137.50/cwt137.50–137.503091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360137.00/cwt137.00–137.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640108.00/cwt108.00–108.006912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565111.47/cwt110.00–113.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
BullsSmall and Medium 157084.00/cwt84.00–84.004791
BullsMedium and Large 2-3433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560138.31/cwt137.00–141.007753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007523
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2333162.49/cwt162.00–163.005412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425157.00/cwt157.00–157.006671

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.