Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-09-04

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
94 vs last sale 198 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
9 vs last sale 14 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers 4.00-8.00 higher. Not enough to test slaughter cows and bulls this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.68/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$130.68
63 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528131.0369262
Medium and Large 2-3410109.004471thin
One grade step is worth $22.03/cwt here — about $245 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 sale63 hd
130.68
KY average18 barns · 4,133 hd
127.90
+2.77
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56552.178162thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,30341.465403thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2340149.00/cwt149.00–149.005071
BullsMedium and Large 1-284091.00/cwt91.00–91.007641
BullsMedium and Large 1-292085.00/cwt85.00–85.007821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558130.00/cwt130.00–130.007252
CowsLean 85-90%1,30341.46/cwt40.00–42.505403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56552.17/cwt49.50–55.008162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,9131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,7503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added406155.00/cwt155.00–155.0062914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added632136.00/cwt136.00–136.008603
SteersLarge 1-2Value Added534146.00/cwt146.00–146.007804
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3410109.00/cwt109.00–109.004471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added643123.39/cwt122.00–124.0079323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added403140.00/cwt140.00–140.005649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added528136.50/cwt136.50–136.507218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493135.00/cwt134.00–136.006666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409135.28/cwt132.00–136.005536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580132.42/cwt130.00–133.007685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390131.00/cwt131.00–131.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250126.00/cwt126.00–126.003151
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555111.00/cwt111.00–111.006161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345101.00/cwt101.00–101.003481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005885
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653120.00/cwt120.00–120.007842

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.