Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-07-22

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
44 vs last sale 75 39 vs year ago 80 · +48.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 9 10 vs year ago 16 · 62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.64/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$132.64
82 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.03
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2678132.8690181
Medium and Large 2-3765115.008801thin
One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $22 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 sale82 hd
132.64
KY average27 barns · 5,366 hd
134.67
−2.03
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,31046.446084thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,35540.00/cwt40.00–40.005421
CowsLean 85-90%1,29548.59/cwt47.00–49.506293
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225833.78/cwt775.00–895.0010,2142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575139.50/cwt139.50–139.508023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515139.84/cwt139.50–140.507203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373145.19/cwt141.00–149.005422
SteersMedium and Large 2-3765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added476145.00/cwt145.00–145.006905
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006141
BullsMedium and Large 2-387086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0601,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,7201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2693112.00/cwt112.00–112.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added688118.50/cwt118.50–118.508152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473122.59/cwt121.00–129.005805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665111.00/cwt111.00–111.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465119.00/cwt119.00–119.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567124.00/cwt124.00–124.007035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380135.00/cwt135.00–135.005131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added747110.00/cwt110.00–110.008222

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.