Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-12

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
39 vs last sale 93 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 2 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to muddy conditions and a light test no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.48/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$141.48
20 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.69
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475145.1468912thin
Medium and Large 2-3424136.005778thin
One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $113 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 sale20 hd
141.48
KY average27 barns · 1,328 hd
128.80
+12.69
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34555.007401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37555.007561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31852.256892thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3223120.00/cwt120.00–120.002682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481132.98/cwt130.00–134.506409
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378142.00/cwt142.00–142.005375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34555.00/cwt55.00–55.007401
CowsLean 85-90%1,31852.25/cwt52.00–52.506892
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37555.00/cwt55.00–55.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671126.77/cwt120.00–129.008514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,5953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519137.10/cwt135.00–138.007127
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447150.00/cwt150.00–150.006713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363166.00/cwt166.00–166.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424136.00/cwt136.00–136.005778

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.