Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-06-23

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
25 vs last sale 8 129 vs year ago 162 · 79.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 2 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 7 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.86/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$142.86
12 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2634147.4893510thin
Medium and Large 2-3690119.758262thin
One grade step is worth $27.73/cwt here — about $109 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 sale12 hd
142.86
KY average26 barns · 4,510 hd
139.53
+3.33
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%Average1,33571.009481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19764.647743thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17050.005852thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19764.64/cwt61.50–68.007743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33571.00/cwt71.00–71.009481
CowsLean 85-90%1,20555.00/cwt55.00–55.006631
CowsLean 85-90%1,13545.00/cwt45.00–45.005111
BullsMedium 1-2445132.00/cwt132.00–132.005872
BullsMedium 1-2505129.00/cwt129.00–129.006513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3875108.00/cwt108.00–108.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009804
BullsMedium and Large 1-22,2001,610.00/cwt1,610.00–1,610.0035,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1-280583.00/cwt83.00–83.006681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435155.50/cwt155.50–155.506761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2503146.50/cwt146.50–146.507372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390161.00/cwt161.00–161.006281
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-287050.00/cwt50.00–50.004351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,350755.00/cwt755.00–755.0010,1932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,520755.00/cwt755.00–755.0011,4761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23859.32/cwt50.50–65.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609151.07/cwt147.50–152.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495159.50/cwt159.50–159.507901
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,7701,775.00/cwt1,775.00–1,775.0031,4181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570133.50/cwt133.50–133.507611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450133.00/cwt130.00–136.005992
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505131.50/cwt131.50–131.506641

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.