Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-29

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
67 vs last sale 87 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
15 vs last sale 13 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder cattle due to lack of comparable receipts. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.76/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$120.76
22 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479127.6361217thin
Medium and Large 2-359597.405795thin
One grade step is worth $30.23/cwt here — about $32 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 sale22 hd
120.76
KY average27 barns · 5,122 hd
118.44
+2.32
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
BullsLow1,54575.501,1661thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25364.008022thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49762.659383thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,32453.4870812

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2360129.00/cwt129.00–129.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568115.50/cwt115.50–115.506562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-379080.00/cwt80.00–80.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517115.00/cwt115.00–115.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464128.53/cwt125.00–130.005967
HeifersMedium and Large 2-362595.00/cwt95.00–95.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2190190.00/cwt190.00–190.003612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663100.00/cwt100.00–100.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3467108.50/cwt108.50–108.505072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432143.49/cwt141.00–144.006206
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006903
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
Bulls1,54575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,1661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2333152.00/cwt152.00–152.005063
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533131.16/cwt130.00–132.006997
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25364.00/cwt64.00–64.008022
CowsLean 85-90%1,32157.98/cwt55.00–60.007667
CowsLean 85-90%1,32847.18/cwt42.50–50.006275
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49762.65/cwt62.00–64.009383
SteersMedium and Large 1-282884.50/cwt84.50–84.507002
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801
SteersMedium and Large 1-291589.50/cwt89.50–89.508192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Dairy SteersLarge 372570.00/cwt70.00–70.005082
Dairy SteersLarge 343486.00/cwt86.00–86.0037319
Dairy SteersLarge 323086.00/cwt86.00–86.001981
Dairy SteersLarge 327187.40/cwt86.00–88.002377
Dairy SteersLarge 358586.00/cwt86.00–86.005035
Dairy SteersLarge 334289.00/cwt89.00–89.0030420

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.