Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-20

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
40 vs last sale 87 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
3 vs last sale 13 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 6 5 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.06/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$135.06
16 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$4.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596135.3380615thin
Medium and Large 2-3515131.006751thin
One grade step is worth $4.33/cwt here — about $131 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 sale16 hd
135.06
KY average29 barns · 6,573 hd
132.25
+2.82
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%Average1,43068.509801thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47867.761,0012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18257.086753thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2-3495126.00/cwt126.00–126.006241
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,1252
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600136.00/cwt136.00–136.0081610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675128.33/cwt128.00–129.008663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43068.50/cwt68.50–68.509801
CowsLean 85-90%1,18257.08/cwt54.00–58.506753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47867.76/cwt67.50–68.001,0012
Dairy SteersLarge 332882.00/cwt82.00–82.002694
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5301,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0020,4261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2536129.39/cwt127.00–131.006945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2945885.00/cwt885.00–885.008,3631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568125.00/cwt125.00–125.007104
BullsMedium and Large 3365114.00/cwt114.00–114.004161
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385123.00/cwt123.00–123.004741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508126.00/cwt126.00–126.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450129.00/cwt129.00–129.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390133.00/cwt133.00–133.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271595.50/cwt95.50–95.506831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670102.00/cwt102.00–102.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520106.00/cwt106.00–106.005511

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.