Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 21
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
49 vs last sale 85 51 vs year ago 87 · 58.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
4 vs last sale 8 1 vs year ago 13 · 7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 6 6 vs year ago 9 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.53/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$137.53
17 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.99
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2461138.0063514thin
Medium and Large 2-3350135.334743thin
One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about $162 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 sale17 hd
137.53
KY average25 barns · 7,026 hd
136.54
+0.99
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
BullsLow1,68581.821,3795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,68560.001,0111thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47558.008561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91843.003952thin

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
Bulls1,35074.50/cwt74.50–74.501,0061
Bulls1,87579.53/cwt78.00–82.001,4913
Bulls1,45096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47558.00/cwt58.00–58.008561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,68560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0111
CowsLean 85-90%1,11144.00/cwt44.00–44.004891
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,03093.00/cwt93.00–93.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335176.00/cwt176.00–176.005904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433165.00/cwt165.00–165.007147
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658126.00/cwt126.00–126.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523138.00/cwt138.00–138.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413142.00/cwt142.00–142.005862
CowsLean 85-90%72542.00/cwt42.00–42.003051
Dairy SteersLarge 342570.00/cwt70.00–70.002981
Dairy SteersLarge 353870.00/cwt70.00–70.003772
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320146.00/cwt146.00–146.004672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535147.50/cwt147.50–147.507891
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,365755.00/cwt755.00–755.0010,3061
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,075845.00/cwt845.00–845.009,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3801,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,1801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2354171.00/cwt171.00–171.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371140.00/cwt140.00–140.005194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825119.50/cwt119.50–119.509861

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.