Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-04

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
25 vs last sale 23 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 1 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts to light to test market but cattle were met with stronger demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.61/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$135.61
32 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.58
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510136.3169531
Medium and Large 2-3595114.006781thin
One grade step is worth $22.31/cwt here — about $17 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 sale32 hd
135.61
KY average28 barns · 3,502 hd
128.03
+7.58
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%Average1,92557.501,1071thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-286344.04/cwt43.00–45.003802
Stock CowsSmall 1-270020.00/cwt20.00–20.001401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-296035.00/cwt35.00–35.003361
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2845565.00/cwt565.00–565.004,7741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434155.26/cwt150.00–160.506744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490141.50/cwt141.50–141.506931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360171.00/cwt171.00–171.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525137.43/cwt135.00–140.007222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added581128.00/cwt128.00–128.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629124.00/cwt124.00–124.007804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added478145.00/cwt145.00–145.0069311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445140.50/cwt140.50–140.506255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595114.00/cwt114.00–114.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420143.50/cwt143.50–143.506032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653116.00/cwt116.00–116.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250655.00/cwt655.00–655.008,1881
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2900365.00/cwt365.00–365.003,2851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added576140.50/cwt140.50–140.508094
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,92557.50/cwt57.50–57.501,1071

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.