Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 6
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
109 vs last sale 154 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
10 vs last sale 28 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
24 vs last sale 0 24 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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.00/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$128.00
11 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.81
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552128.0070711thin
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 sale11 hd
128.00
KY average27 barns · 1,762 hd
127.19
+0.81
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
BullsAverage1,57883.451,3172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27957.507355thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46055.818155thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98046.954607thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345132.00/cwt132.00–132.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595111.50/cwt111.50–111.506632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665100.00/cwt100.00–100.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 344884.00/cwt84.00–84.003763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405146.00/cwt146.00–146.005912
Bulls1,57883.45/cwt80.00–86.001,3172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2895103.00/cwt103.00–103.009221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2733101.00/cwt101.00–101.007402
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,120882.14/cwt785.00–955.009,8802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315154.00/cwt154.00–154.004851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2498139.00/cwt139.00–139.006922
CowsLean 85-90%1,05250.90/cwt49.00–53.505353
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46055.81/cwt54.50–57.508155
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27957.50/cwt56.00–58.507355
CowsLean 85-90%92643.98/cwt40.50–46.504074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added626130.50/cwt130.50–130.508176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575128.00/cwt128.00–128.007361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added678122.00/cwt122.00–122.008272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,177599.80/cwt535.00–685.007,0608
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400811.32/cwt775.00–835.0011,3582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0003

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.