Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-28

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
89 vs last sale 36 29 vs year ago 154 · 18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 12 22 vs year ago 28 · 78.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 3 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on market this week, but a steady undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.62/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$133.62
39 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.13
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2463133.6261939
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale39 hd
133.62
KY average26 barns · 5,203 hd
132.49
+1.13
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
BullsAverage1,43579.781,1452thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63055.569062thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07240.494343thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,43579.78/cwt78.50–81.001,1452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63055.56/cwt55.00–56.009062
CowsLean 85-90%1,30042.00/cwt42.00–42.005461
CowsLean 85-90%95839.74/cwt39.50–40.003812
Dairy SteersLarge 351080.00/cwt80.00–80.004081
Dairy SteersLarge 339890.00/cwt90.00–90.003582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643111.00/cwt111.00–111.007144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225637.86/cwt565.00–695.007,8146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579119.00/cwt119.00–119.006894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363155.00/cwt155.00–155.005632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335166.00/cwt166.00–166.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433138.99/cwt137.50–140.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2305149.00/cwt149.00–149.004544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2359165.00/cwt165.00–165.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524121.45/cwt119.00–123.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458135.42/cwt135.00–136.006207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397144.50/cwt144.50–144.5057410
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540124.00/cwt124.00–124.006701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365145.00/cwt145.00–145.005293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493155.00/cwt155.00–155.007649
SteersMedium and Large 2-3205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
SteersMedium and Large 2-3270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
SteersMedium and Large 2-3305151.00/cwt151.00–151.004611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2484150.02/cwt148.00–152.007266
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586135.00/cwt135.00–135.007914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783114.50/cwt114.50–114.508972
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478142.00/cwt142.00–142.006793
Dairy SteersLarge 362374.52/cwt74.00–75.004642
Dairy SteersLarge 329895.00/cwt95.00–95.002835
Dairy SteersLarge 359985.00/cwt85.00–85.005095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518134.98/cwt131.00–139.006994

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.