Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-08-07

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
23 vs last sale 80 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
5 vs last sale 16 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to sale not reported last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.63/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$133.63
24 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585136.3079720
Small and Medium 1510125.006381thin
Medium and Large 2-3402118.674773thin
One grade step is worth $17.63/cwt here — about $320 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 sale24 hd
133.63
KY average27 barns · 2,057 hd
129.29
+4.33
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
BullsAverage1,37385.831,1782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32561.268124thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44660.388734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19550.916089thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsLean 85-90%97346.74/cwt44.50–48.504555
CowsLean 85-90%1,47356.12/cwt53.50–59.508274
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44660.38/cwt57.50–64.508734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32561.26/cwt60.00–63.508124
Bulls1,37385.83/cwt82.50–88.501,1782
BullsMedium and Large 2-388070.00/cwt70.00–70.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480147.42/cwt145.00–150.007082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2885120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755120.50/cwt120.50–120.509101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295161.00/cwt161.00–161.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3419116.42/cwt116.00–117.004885
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530120.50/cwt120.50–120.506392
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2593131.50/cwt131.50–131.507802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435151.00/cwt151.00–151.006573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531143.50/cwt143.50–143.507626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645131.00/cwt131.00–131.008457
BullsMedium and Large 2-3310115.00/cwt115.00–115.003571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375111.00/cwt111.00–111.004161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
BullsSmall and Medium 1510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2175152.50/cwt152.50–152.502671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,04582.00/cwt82.00–82.008571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500127.00/cwt127.00–127.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576124.00/cwt124.00–124.007144

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.