Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-22

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
35 vs last sale 52 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
1 vs last sale 14 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 7 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder bulls traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.69/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$116.69
39 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.27
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537116.7362738
Medium and Large 2-3390115.004491thin
One grade step is worth $1.73/cwt here — about $179 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 sale39 hd
116.69
KY average26 barns · 5,347 hd
120.96
−4.27
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
BullsAverage1,91880.501,5445thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20567.008071thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36866.599112thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90847.494313thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1-274092.00/cwt92.00–92.006811
BullsMedium and Large 1-276086.00/cwt86.00–86.006541
BullsMedium and Large 1-282580.00/cwt80.00–80.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-285070.00/cwt70.00–70.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378146.42/cwt144.00–149.005532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,420755.00/cwt755.00–755.0010,7211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140883.59/cwt800.00–910.0010,0734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-266791.00/cwt91.00–91.006075
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2409143.34/cwt140.00–150.005863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547125.50/cwt125.50–125.506869
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210665.00/cwt665.00–665.008,0471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385126.00/cwt126.00–126.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-264094.00/cwt94.00–94.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325138.00/cwt138.00–138.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,09580.00/cwt80.00–80.008763
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36866.59/cwt65.00–68.009112
CowsLean 85-90%90847.49/cwt43.50–50.504313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505120.50/cwt120.50–120.506097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2441132.50/cwt132.50–132.505848
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469122.05/cwt121.00–126.005727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500147.00/cwt147.00–147.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2652105.00/cwt105.00–105.006853
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380136.00/cwt136.00–136.005171
Bulls1,91880.50/cwt80.50–80.501,5445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20567.00/cwt67.00–67.008071

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.