Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-16

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 16
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
127 vs last sale 172 8 vs year ago 53 · 15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
36 vs last sale 58 29 vs year ago 51 · 56.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
16 vs last sale 18 6 vs year ago 8 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts no test on market this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.27/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$116.27
11 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
4.08
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555116.2764611thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
116.27
KY average28 barns · 7,085 hd
120.36
−4.08
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
BullsLow1,77071.251,2612thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01138.2138617

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls1,69064.50/cwt64.50–64.501,0901
CowsLean 85-90%1,02338.73/cwt34.00–45.0039615
CowsLean 85-90%92534.27/cwt34.00–34.503172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655113.50/cwt113.50–113.507432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925102.00/cwt102.00–102.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453128.00/cwt128.00–128.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613111.00/cwt111.00–111.006802
Bulls1,85078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120525.00/cwt525.00–525.005,8801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655107.50/cwt107.50–107.507041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274293.50/cwt93.50–93.506942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2452140.00/cwt140.00–140.006333
BullsMedium and Large 1-282597.00/cwt97.00–97.008001

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.