Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-11

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
2 vs last sale 48 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 1 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.84/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$137.84
14 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$19.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.37
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552139.2176813thin
Small and Medium 2-3345120.004141thin
One grade step is worth $19.21/cwt here — about $354 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 sale14 hd
137.84
KY average27 barns · 2,269 hd
138.22
−0.37
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
BullsLow1,53074.671,1423thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21740.024874thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365138.76/cwt134.00–141.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408142.01/cwt141.00–143.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3260127.08/cwt125.00–131.003303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695105.00/cwt105.00–105.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006643
CowsLean 85-90%1,19836.03/cwt34.00–37.004323
CowsLean 85-90%1,27552.00/cwt52.00–52.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408177.00/cwt177.00–177.007224
SteersMedium and Large 2-3303139.00/cwt139.00–139.004213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2273156.33/cwt152.00–160.004272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373171.00/cwt171.00–171.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740105.00/cwt105.00–105.007772
Bulls1,68064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565140.03/cwt139.00–141.007912
BullsSmall and Medium 2-3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620126.00/cwt126.00–126.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473143.03/cwt141.00–145.006772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529146.89/cwt145.00–151.007773
Bulls1,45580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1642

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.