Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-31

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 31
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
8 vs last sale 69 0 vs year ago 77 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 13 vs year ago 21 · 61.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
0 vs last sale 7 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 and slaughter cattle traded mostly steady with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.17/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$142.17
27 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.78
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2587145.4685525
Medium and Large 2-3675101.006822thin
One grade step is worth $44.46/cwt here — about $173 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 sale27 hd
142.17
KY average26 barns · 6,784 hd
143.94
−1.78
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
BullsAverage1,74585.001,4831thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37556.977832thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24554.506791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08243.434704thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,24554.50/cwt54.50–54.506791
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37556.97/cwt55.50–58.507832
CowsLean 85-90%1,35055.50/cwt55.50–55.507491
CowsLean 85-90%99239.40/cwt37.50–42.503913
Bulls1,74585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4831
Dairy SteersLarge 345291.00/cwt91.00–91.004113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410157.00/cwt157.00–157.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575125.50/cwt125.50–125.507221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467159.42/cwt157.00–162.007446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370144.00/cwt144.00–144.005331
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3850625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380132.00/cwt132.00–132.005021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652115.50/cwt115.50–115.507533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767117.00/cwt117.00–117.008973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484167.00/cwt167.00–167.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,11084.50/cwt84.50–84.509381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600117.50/cwt117.50–117.507051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580116.50/cwt116.50–116.506761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743106.00/cwt106.00–106.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533130.16/cwt130.00–131.006946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428139.55/cwt136.50–140.505978
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535112.00/cwt112.00–112.005991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675101.00/cwt101.00–101.006822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385173.00/cwt173.00–173.006661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615140.07/cwt139.50–140.508617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554149.33/cwt148.00–150.008279
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,250825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,3131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,1651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400825.00/cwt825.00–825.0011,5501

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.