Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
45 vs last sale 29 29 vs year ago 103 · 28.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
20 vs last sale 31 4 vs year ago 15 · 26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on the market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.95/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$120.95
25 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$257
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.10
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3319121.003865thin
Medium and Large 1-2532120.9464320
One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale25 hd
120.95
KY average25 barns · 4,267 hd
123.05
−2.10
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31548.006311thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03025.002583thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,225950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,6381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31548.00/cwt48.00–48.006311
CowsLean 85-90%1,14535.00/cwt35.00–35.004011
CowsLean 85-90%97320.00/cwt20.00–20.001952
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480141.00/cwt141.00–141.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710103.00/cwt103.00–103.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435124.05/cwt120.00–126.005403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711116.50/cwt116.50–116.508284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added556127.61/cwt123.50–129.007108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365126.00/cwt126.00–126.004602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620125.50/cwt125.50–125.507781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448147.50/cwt147.50–147.506612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547136.00/cwt136.00–136.007442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640695.00/cwt695.00–695.004,4482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653106.00/cwt106.00–106.006922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2826112.25/cwt112.25–112.259273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880109.00/cwt109.00–109.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550110.50/cwt110.50–110.506081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527116.07/cwt110.00–119.006123
SteersMedium and Large 2-3265135.00/cwt135.00–135.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385123.00/cwt123.00–123.004741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320122.67/cwt122.00–123.003933
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250114.00/cwt114.00–114.002851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775103.00/cwt103.00–103.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528124.00/cwt124.00–124.006553
SteersMedium and Large 2-3715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
BullsMedium and Large 2-3371139.00/cwt139.00–139.005165

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.