Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-02-03

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
36 vs last sale 74 17 vs year ago 93 · +18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
4 vs last sale 11 5 vs year ago 2 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $115.11/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$115.11
38 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2827115.3395437
Medium and Large 2-3805107.008611thin
One grade step is worth $8.33/cwt here — about $93 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 sale38 hd
115.11
KY average27 barns · 4,389 hd
133.15
−18.05
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
BullsAverage2,07085.121,7622thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52548.007321thin
SteersStandardAverage1,32580.001,0601thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls2,07085.12/cwt81.50–89.501,7622
SteersStandard1,32580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52548.00/cwt48.00–48.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550138.00/cwt138.00–138.007591
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,245535.00/cwt535.00–535.006,6611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added959105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0078
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2660400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425149.00/cwt149.00–149.006332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2842114.51/cwt112.50–115.509643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-293087.00/cwt87.00–87.008091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635126.50/cwt126.50–126.508031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0019,3753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0271
BullsMedium and Large 2-3511125.00/cwt125.00–125.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,05095.00/cwt95.00–95.009981
SteersMedium and Large 2-3805107.00/cwt107.00–107.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510126.32/cwt125.00–128.006449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005922
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318141.00/cwt141.00–141.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3348144.00/cwt144.00–144.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755865.00/cwt865.00–865.006,5311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added815116.70/cwt111.00–117.7595120

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.