Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-06-30

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
127 vs last sale 33 126 vs year ago 34 · +370.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
5 vs last sale 7 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.01/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$134.01
77 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$391
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$19.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.28
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2720134.2696676
Small and Medium 1-2500115.005751thin
One grade step is worth $19.26/cwt here — about $391 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 sale77 hd
134.01
KY average25 barns · 5,084 hd
136.29
−2.28
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
BullsLow1,64583.011,3663thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60070.001,1201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09068.507471thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23064.507931thin

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
Bulls1,40076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09068.50/cwt68.50–68.507471
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1201
CowsLean 85-90%1,23064.50/cwt64.50–64.507931
Bulls1,76886.26/cwt83.00–89.001,5252
Dairy SteersLarge 391560.00/cwt60.00–60.005491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610127.00/cwt127.00–127.007751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added825142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,17663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700129.00/cwt129.00–129.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340139.00/cwt139.00–139.004731
BullsMedium and Large 2-378590.00/cwt90.00–90.007071
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2433130.00/cwt130.00–130.005632
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448154.50/cwt154.50–154.506922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480133.39/cwt128.00–136.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725106.00/cwt106.00–106.007691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388156.00/cwt156.00–156.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690111.00/cwt111.00–111.007661
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,250985.00/cwt985.00–985.0012,3132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added760134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,02065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370167.00/cwt167.00–167.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588126.00/cwt126.00–126.007413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2441140.00/cwt140.00–140.006174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3522133.00/cwt133.00–133.006943

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.