Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-08-14

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
11 vs last sale 57 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
11 vs last sale 21 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.79/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$126.79
19 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.96
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496130.6364816thin
Medium and Large 2-3552106.335873thin
One grade step is worth $24.30/cwt here — about $62 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 sale19 hd
126.79
KY average27 barns · 2,395 hd
123.84
+2.96
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
BullsAverage1,44580.001,1561thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,55556.008711thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47553.607914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14248.485543thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320143.00/cwt143.00–143.004582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513127.00/cwt127.00–127.006522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2392143.34/cwt140.00–145.005623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584118.02/cwt117.00–118.506893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2439144.00/cwt144.00–144.006324
BullsMedium and Large 2-3340132.00/cwt132.00–132.004491
BullsMedium and Large 2-363590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
BullsMedium and Large 2-368097.00/cwt97.00–97.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-268596.00/cwt96.00–96.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274099.00/cwt99.00–99.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320124.00/cwt124.00–124.003972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595109.00/cwt109.00–109.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added643110.00/cwt110.00–110.007074
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3445115.00/cwt115.00–115.005121
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460136.00/cwt136.00–136.006261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585130.50/cwt130.50–130.507632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007271
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805545.00/cwt545.00–545.004,3871
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-3830385.00/cwt385.00–385.003,1961
Bulls1,44580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55556.00/cwt56.00–56.008711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47549.50/cwt49.50–49.507301
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47554.96/cwt54.00–57.508113
CowsLean 85-90%1,10044.00/cwt44.00–44.004841
CowsLean 85-90%1,16350.72/cwt47.00–53.505902
BullsMedium and Large 1-280590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2785100.00/cwt100.00–100.007851

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.