Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 5
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
10 vs last sale 103 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
13 vs last sale 15 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week. Weaned cattle traded with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.00/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$111.00
28 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.06
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3455120.005462thin
Medium and Large 1-2672115.1477421
Medium and Large 345890.004125thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $134 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 sale28 hd
111.00
KY average27 barns · 5,199 hd
127.06
−16.06
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24040.004961thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2503137.31/cwt129.00–139.006916
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Dairy SteersLarge 383375.50/cwt75.50–75.506292
Dairy SteersLarge 348086.00/cwt86.00–86.004133
SteersMedium and Large 2-3790113.50/cwt113.50–113.508971
Dairy SteersLarge 355086.00/cwt86.00–86.004736
Dairy SteersLarge 365086.00/cwt86.00–86.005598
Dairy SteersLarge 375476.00/cwt76.00–76.005738
Dairy SteersLarge 329580.00/cwt80.00–80.002361
Dairy SteersLarge 338386.50/cwt86.50–86.503312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415126.00/cwt126.00–126.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 345890.00/cwt90.00–90.004125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513125.00/cwt125.00–125.006413
SteersMedium and Large 2-3280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003361
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006712
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005521
CowsLean 85-90%1,24040.00/cwt40.00–40.004961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495125.50/cwt125.50–125.506211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added833109.00/cwt109.00–109.009083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added682117.00/cwt117.00–117.007985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added905105.00/cwt105.00–105.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added785109.50/cwt109.50–109.508603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added752125.00/cwt125.00–125.009403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008326

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.