Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-04

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
223 vs last sale 269 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
14 vs last sale 3 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.58/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$124.58
26 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590127.6975319thin
Medium and Large 2-3549116.146387thin
One grade step is worth $11.54/cwt here — about $115 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 sale26 hd
124.58
KY average26 barns · 5,547 hd
141.75
−17.17
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
BullsLow1,64584.001,3821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,63364.351,0512thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45064.269322thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23959.0873212
SteersChoiceAverage1,385101.001,3991thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 2-3285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
Bulls1,64584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3821
SteersChoice1,385101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3991
CowsBoner 80-85%1,63364.35/cwt63.00–65.501,0512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45064.26/cwt63.50–65.009322
CowsLean 85-90%1,25560.58/cwt53.00–64.5076010
CowsLean 85-90%1,15851.59/cwt50.00–53.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652118.99/cwt117.00–120.007763
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2830103.00/cwt103.00–103.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2503136.12/cwt134.00–138.006859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1-286594.00/cwt94.00–94.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2758110.00/cwt110.00–110.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440152.00/cwt152.00–152.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-289581.00/cwt81.00–81.007251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545154.50/cwt154.50–154.508423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718134.07/cwt130.00–138.009632
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-394071.00/cwt71.00–71.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455145.00/cwt145.00–145.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,445810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,7051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065455.00/cwt455.00–455.004,8461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,0203
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4601,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0020,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535142.00/cwt142.00–142.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3513129.00/cwt129.00–129.006623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510135.50/cwt135.50–135.506911

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.