Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-07-29

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
40 vs last sale 119 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
13 vs last sale 6 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 3 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.61/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$129.61
31 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.02
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519131.2768130
Medium and Large 2-375580.006041thin
One grade step is worth $51.27/cwt here — about $77 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 sale31 hd
129.61
KY average28 barns · 1,848 hd
127.59
+2.02
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
BullsAverage1,82595.591,7452thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35867.859213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06863.886822thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10952.245799thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380157.00/cwt157.00–157.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250151.00/cwt151.00–151.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587141.50/cwt141.50–141.508315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760121.00/cwt121.00–121.009203
CowsLean 85-90%1,22955.97/cwt52.50–58.506885
CowsLean 85-90%95947.57/cwt44.50–49.504564
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35867.85/cwt67.50–68.009213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06863.88/cwt62.50–65.006822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0001
Dairy SteersLarge 31,18865.00/cwt65.00–65.007723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509129.41/cwt126.00–130.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638116.63/cwt110.00–120.007446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589121.24/cwt115.00–126.007144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478135.00/cwt135.00–135.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439131.97/cwt131.00–135.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393131.00/cwt131.00–131.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3280134.00/cwt134.00–134.003751
BullsMedium and Large 1-275094.00/cwt94.00–94.007052
Bulls1,82595.59/cwt94.50–96.501,7452
BullsMedium and Large 1-294080.00/cwt80.00–80.007521
BullsMedium and Large 1-286080.00/cwt80.00–80.006881
BullsMedium and Large 2-375580.00/cwt80.00–80.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610101.00/cwt101.00–101.006161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521132.00/cwt125.00–136.0068812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435141.50/cwt141.00–142.006166
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378156.80/cwt155.00–158.005935

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.