Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 1
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
58 vs last sale 19 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
16 vs last sale 37 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on the market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.74/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$144.74
19 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.74
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468145.6568217thin
Medium and Large 2-3378137.005172thin
One grade step is worth $8.65/cwt here — about $165 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 sale19 hd
144.74
KY average28 barns · 1,939 hd
132.99
+11.74
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
BullsLow1,80074.001,3321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24652.796585thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06038.5440811

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,04745.24/cwt40.50–50.004745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32149.49/cwt48.00–54.006544
CowsBoner 80-85%94566.00/cwt66.00–66.006241
CowsLean 85-90%1,07032.95/cwt31.00–36.003536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510121.35/cwt120.00–123.006196
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428123.66/cwt123.00–124.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370113.56/cwt109.00–118.004202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390131.50/cwt131.50–131.505133
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335112.00/cwt112.00–112.003751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534136.50/cwt136.50–136.507296
Bulls1,80074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434155.00/cwt155.00–155.006734
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400144.00/cwt144.00–144.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320152.00/cwt152.00–152.004861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368161.50/cwt157.50–165.505944
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621

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.