Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
30 vs last sale 21 28 vs year ago 23 · +121.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
5 vs last sale 8 9 vs year ago 4 · +225.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 14 vs year ago 1 · +1,400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market due to weather closers last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.68/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$132.68
16 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.95
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2431132.6857216thin
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 sale16 hd
132.68
KY average20 barns · 2,601 hd
124.73
+7.95
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
BullsAverage2,13870.251,5022thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34566.008881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21565.007901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13347.255352thin

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
Bulls2,01570.50/cwt70.50–70.501,4211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21565.00/cwt65.00–65.007901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34566.00/cwt66.00–66.008881
CowsLean 85-90%1,31553.00/cwt53.00–53.006971
CowsLean 85-90%95041.50/cwt41.50–41.503941
Bulls2,26070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,5821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495143.00/cwt143.00–143.007081
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2750950.00/cwt950.00–950.007,1252
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625111.50/cwt111.50–111.506971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331141.37/cwt134.00–143.004685
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,3131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0016,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270142.00/cwt142.00–142.003833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385134.00/cwt134.00–134.005161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513125.00/cwt125.00–125.006412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725114.00/cwt114.00–114.008271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426147.51/cwt146.00–148.006284
Dairy SteersLarge 391572.00/cwt72.00–72.006593
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063945.14/cwt825.00–1,000.0010,0473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585118.50/cwt118.50–118.506932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0014,7001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2883950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,3893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,8131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519144.00/cwt144.00–144.007474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618123.00/cwt123.00–123.007603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495145.00/cwt145.00–145.007181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201

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.