Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-17

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
44 vs last sale 114 24 vs year ago 94 · 25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 7 3 vs year ago 14 · 21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 18 vs year ago 23 · 78.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder and slaughter cattle traded sharply higher with strong demand and good bidder participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.70/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$134.70
35 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$50.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.25
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476140.8967023
Medium and Large 2-3502129.4064910thin
Medium and Large 349090.004412thin
One grade step is worth $50.89/cwt here — about $229 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 sale35 hd
134.70
KY average27 barns · 7,839 hd
127.44
+7.25
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
BullsLow1,79774.001,3303thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49060.008941thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,36053.007213thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3536117.00/cwt117.00–117.006271
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,1833
Bulls1,79870.75/cwt70.50–71.001,2722
Bulls1,79580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,4451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49060.00/cwt60.00–60.008941
CowsLean 85-90%1,55560.00/cwt60.00–60.009332
CowsLean 85-90%97039.00/cwt39.00–39.003781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390175.00/cwt175.00–175.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2639131.67/cwt130.00–137.008415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445146.54/cwt146.00–147.0065211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665113.50/cwt113.50–113.507551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451146.00/cwt146.00–146.006584
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430170.84/cwt169.00–173.0073511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009661
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006251
BullsMedium and Large 2-384086.00/cwt86.00–86.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390141.00/cwt141.00–141.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3446136.00/cwt136.00–136.006075
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533148.00/cwt148.00–148.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482152.98/cwt148.00–154.507374
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 349090.00/cwt90.00–90.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580136.00/cwt136.00–136.007894
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675111.00/cwt111.00–111.007491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,5002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2985650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,4031

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.