Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-08-26

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
52 vs last sale 76 70 vs year ago 198 · 35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 5 6 vs year ago 14 · 42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 3 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $139.53/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$139.53
69 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$50.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.49
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2744140.631,04667
Medium and Large 2-3530115.006101thin
Large 1-280090.007201thin
One grade step is worth $50.63/cwt here — about $326 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 sale69 hd
139.53
KY average27 barns · 5,528 hd
141.02
−1.49
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
BullsLow1,56780.501,2613thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28245.845885thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2-3Fleshy550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430152.00/cwt152.00–152.006541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470155.00/cwt155.00–155.007291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678123.00/cwt123.00–123.008342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582136.00/cwt136.00–136.007923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6801
Bred CowsSmall 2-3450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Stock CowsSmall 2-3500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0005
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513130.74/cwt130.00–132.006714
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-261588.00/cwt88.00–88.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 133094.00/cwt94.00–94.003101
SteersLarge 1-280090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550142.00/cwt142.00–142.007811
CowsLean 85-90%1,27048.24/cwt46.50–50.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625115.98/cwt115.00–117.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215149.00/cwt149.00–149.003201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423137.00/cwt137.00–137.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573121.50/cwt121.50–121.506963
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575128.00/cwt128.00–128.007361
BullsMedium and Large 2-377590.00/cwt90.00–90.006981
BullsSmall 2-3700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Bulls1,49572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,0841
Bulls1,60384.50/cwt84.50–84.501,3552
CowsLean 85-90%1,30042.23/cwt42.00–42.505492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517140.50/cwt140.50–140.5072610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added751140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,05565

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.