Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-13

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
42 vs last sale 45 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
5 vs last sale 18 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
18 vs last sale 24 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.70/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$119.70
76 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$558
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$37.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.06
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2717120.1986175
Medium and Large 336583.003031thin
One grade step is worth $37.19/cwt here — about $558 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 sale76 hd
119.70
KY average26 barns · 4,543 hd
123.75
−4.06
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
BullsAverage1,44585.501,2351thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46360.318822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31759.847883thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,34754.297315thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2455151.00/cwt151.00–151.006871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3335131.00/cwt131.00–131.004391
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,4681
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,040950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,8801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2945800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,5601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06570.00/cwt70.00–70.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625108.00/cwt108.00–108.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 336583.00/cwt83.00–83.003031
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
Bulls1,44585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,2351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31759.84/cwt57.00–61.507883
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46360.31/cwt57.00–63.508822
CowsLean 85-90%1,34754.29/cwt49.50–59.507315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729120.00/cwt120.00–120.0087572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290136.00/cwt136.00–136.003941

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.