Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 15
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
81 vs last sale 133 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
11 vs last sale 3 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Receipts to light to test market. Feeder and slaughter market did show a much higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.17/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$136.17
21 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.41
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495141.5870018thin
Medium and Large 2-3623103.676463thin
One grade step is worth $37.92/cwt here — about $54 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 sale21 hd
136.17
KY average27 barns · 3,832 hd
135.76
+0.41
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%Average1,23568.998525thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37368.999475thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12358.576582thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630106.00/cwt106.00–106.006681
BullsMedium and Large 1-272896.00/cwt96.00–96.006992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006903
BullsMedium and Large 2-3330132.00/cwt132.00–132.004361
BullsMedium and Large 2-381579.00/cwt79.00–79.006441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395148.00/cwt148.00–148.005851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475147.50/cwt147.50–147.507013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647116.00/cwt116.00–116.007513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414156.00/cwt156.00–156.006466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365134.00/cwt134.00–134.004891
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004601
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595101.00/cwt101.00–101.006011
SteersMedium and Large 2-389589.00/cwt89.00–89.007971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23568.99/cwt67.50–71.008525
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37368.99/cwt65.00–72.009475
CowsLean 85-90%1,12358.57/cwt52.00–64.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-276590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653102.00/cwt102.00–102.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411136.00/cwt136.00–136.005595

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.