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

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
613 head
562 vs last sale 51 565 vs year ago 48 · +1,177.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
4 vs last sale 13 8 vs year ago 1 · +800.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
12 vs last sale 15 4 vs year ago 7 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due lack of comparable receipts. Precondition cattle were met with exceptional demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.86/cwt on 353 head.
Average price
$124.86
353 head · 809 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.76
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2811125.051,015344
Medium and Large 2-3728117.318549thin
One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $160 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 sale353 hd
124.86
KY average28 barns · 8,039 hd
138.62
−13.76
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
BullsLow1,56773.281,1484thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06354.715822thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07239.634253thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06354.71/cwt54.00–55.505822
CowsLean 85-90%1,07239.63/cwt38.00–42.004253
Bulls1,70368.53/cwt66.00–70.501,1672
Bulls1,43078.02/cwt75.00–80.001,1162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325151.00/cwt151.00–151.004911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610132.00/cwt132.00–132.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750120.00/cwt120.00–120.00900140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added725121.25/cwt121.25–121.2587970
SteersMedium and Large 2-3716116.22/cwt114.75–119.008326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200395.00/cwt395.00–395.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580123.37/cwt123.00–125.0071611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534154.50/cwt154.50–154.508256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835114.73/cwt111.00–116.0095812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632120.22/cwt118.50–123.0076016
SteersMedium and Large 2-3753119.50/cwt119.50–119.509003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040765.00/cwt765.00–765.007,9561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,390835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,6071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458143.93/cwt142.50–148.006594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added823124.80/cwt124.00–126.251,027308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714124.13/cwt122.50–125.5088613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683115.00/cwt115.00–115.007852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620126.50/cwt126.50–126.507841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598138.00/cwt138.00–138.008252

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.