Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-08-28

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
84 vs last sale 114 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
1 vs last sale 13 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
5 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 4.00 lower with quality not as attractive as last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.50/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$165.50
120 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+25.92
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494165.50817120
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale120 hd
165.50
KY average26 barns · 5,074 hd
139.58
+25.92
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
BullsAverage1,53876.751,1802thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49349.717422thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19837.234466thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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%1,19837.23/cwt35.00–42.004466
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49349.71/cwt47.00–52.507422
Bulls1,99582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,6461
Bulls1,08071.00/cwt71.00–71.007671
Bred HeifersMedium 2770635.00/cwt635.00–635.004,8901
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4751,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0017,3311
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,200925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added478169.58/cwt169.58–169.58811101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added544151.25/cwt151.25–151.258238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592140.50/cwt140.50–140.508323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540146.00/cwt146.00–146.007883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725124.50/cwt124.50–124.509032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675129.00/cwt129.00–129.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372395.00/cwt95.00–95.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 2-363091.00/cwt91.00–91.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609114.99/cwt112.00–117.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479130.00/cwt130.00–130.006237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420126.00/cwt126.00–126.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532132.50/cwt132.50–132.507053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375129.00/cwt129.00–129.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265130.00/cwt130.00–130.003451
BullsSmall and Medium 1-266088.00/cwt88.00–88.005811
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485126.50/cwt126.50–126.506143
BullsMedium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2-3578128.00/cwt128.00–128.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530143.88/cwt139.00–145.5076314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467149.46/cwt144.50–150.506986
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388156.00/cwt156.00–156.006053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345159.00/cwt159.00–159.005491

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.