Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-11-11

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
6 vs last sale 89 20 vs year ago 103 · 19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
5 vs last sale 11 10 vs year ago 16 · 62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
3 vs last sale 7 16 vs year ago 26 · 61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.50/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$123.50
31 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2480124.2559730
Medium and Large 2-3635101.006411thin
One grade step is worth $23.25/cwt here — about −$45 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
123.50
KY average26 barns · 5,646 hd
122.24
+1.26
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%Average1,24560.007471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43355.978022thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95844.854303thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-2Fancy473135.00/cwt135.00–135.006398
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320141.00/cwt141.00–141.004512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565135.64/cwt130.00–137.507664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,268749.37/cwt650.00–850.009,5029
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472144.76/cwt139.00–148.506838
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667110.50/cwt110.50–110.507373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360141.07/cwt136.00–146.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2441122.86/cwt120.00–124.0054214
BullsMedium and Large 2-362096.00/cwt96.00–96.005951
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576126.50/cwt126.50–126.507293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515137.00/cwt137.00–137.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3528122.93/cwt120.00–126.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635101.00/cwt101.00–101.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585114.00/cwt114.00–114.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2763104.00/cwt104.00–104.007942
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315112.00/cwt112.00–112.003531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43355.97/cwt54.50–57.008022
CowsLean 85-90%95844.85/cwt43.00–47.504303
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24560.00/cwt60.00–60.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492119.00/cwt119.00–119.005853
SteersMedium and Large 2-3390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004682

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.