Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-01-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 15
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
16 vs last sale 59 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
13 vs last sale 17 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
7 vs last sale 10 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Week: Feeder cattle traded sharply higher. Not enough to test slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.17/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$126.17
21 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522126.6966118thin
Medium and Large 2-3410123.005043thin
One grade step is worth $3.69/cwt here — about $157 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 sale21 hd
126.17
KY average29 barns · 8,492 hd
125.51
+0.66
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
BullsAverage2,01569.491,4002thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10037.254102thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1-2518150.00/cwt150.00–150.007772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578137.00/cwt137.00–137.007922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2342177.00/cwt177.00–177.006057
BullsMedium and Large 2-372098.00/cwt98.00–98.007061
BullsMedium and Large 2-3477125.62/cwt122.00–127.505993
BullsMedium and Large 2-3633108.00/cwt108.00–108.006844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560132.50/cwt132.50–132.507423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300935.00/cwt935.00–935.0012,1551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,1651
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2885975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,6291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333148.00/cwt148.00–148.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368143.00/cwt143.00–143.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487124.00/cwt124.00–124.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390121.00/cwt121.00–121.004721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410164.00/cwt164.00–164.006721
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005101
Bulls2,01569.49/cwt69.00–70.001,4002
CowsLean 85-90%1,04034.50/cwt34.50–34.503591
CowsLean 85-90%1,16040.00/cwt40.00–40.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3495111.00/cwt111.00–111.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575126.50/cwt126.50–126.507272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added488127.50/cwt127.50–127.506223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added597142.50/cwt142.50–142.508513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added549153.50/cwt153.50–153.508434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added735131.00/cwt131.00–131.009633

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.