Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
1 vs last sale 70 50 vs year ago 19 · +263.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 27 vs year ago 37 · 73.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded mostly steady. Not enough to test slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.42/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$140.42
30 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.24
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465143.0066625
Medium and Large 2-3488127.506225thin
One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about $43 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 sale30 hd
140.42
KY average27 barns · 6,830 hd
130.17
+10.24
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%Average1,26062.507881thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08541.334489thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2419167.51/cwt165.00–168.0070212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26062.50/cwt62.50–62.507881
CowsLean 85-90%1,23554.00/cwt54.00–54.006671
CowsLean 85-90%1,06639.75/cwt38.00–43.504248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550123.00/cwt123.00–123.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2305159.00/cwt159.00–159.004851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380169.00/cwt169.00–169.006422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528149.00/cwt149.00–149.007872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2235165.00/cwt165.00–165.003881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295165.00/cwt165.00–165.004873
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3328135.00/cwt135.00–135.004432
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595122.50/cwt122.50–122.507293
BullsMedium and Large 2-31,07563.00/cwt63.00–63.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510144.62/cwt135.00–148.007384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added462148.50/cwt148.50–148.5068615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413142.00/cwt142.00–142.005863
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513130.50/cwt130.50–130.506694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580140.50/cwt140.50–140.508153
BullsMedium and Large 371569.00/cwt69.00–69.004931
SteersMedium and Large 384056.50/cwt56.50–56.504751
SteersMedium and Large 2-392589.00/cwt89.00–89.008231
BullsMedium and Large 357091.00/cwt91.00–91.005191
BullsMedium and Large 361590.00/cwt90.00–90.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595121.50/cwt121.50–121.507231

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.