Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-08

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 8
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 77▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 21▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.32/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$127.32
85 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.59
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2662127.3284385
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale85 hd
127.32
—
KY average24 barns · 4,575 hd
137.91
−10.59
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
Bulls—Low1,76569.501,2271thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average82055.504551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07546.004951thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Bulls——1,76569.50/cwt69.50–69.501,2271
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—650110.50/cwt110.50–110.507181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—445143.00/cwt143.00–143.006362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—492137.00/cwt137.00–137.006743
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—65594.00/cwt94.00–94.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—485129.50/cwt129.50–129.506283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—92589.00/cwt89.00–89.008231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—76791.34/cwt90.50–93.007016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—603100.00/cwt100.00–100.006032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—675126.50/cwt126.50–126.5085475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—609127.50/cwt127.50–127.507765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—527139.47/cwt136.00–145.007355
CowsBoner 80-85%—82055.50/cwt55.50–55.504551
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07546.00/cwt46.00–46.004951

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.