Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-11

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
263 vs last sale 46 160 vs year ago 149 · +107.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 17 4 vs year ago 7 · +57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 13 6 vs year ago 2 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to lack of comparable receipts on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bull traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.15/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$136.15
91 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.42
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2695136.8395088
Medium and Large 2-3513116.175963thin
One grade step is worth $20.66/cwt here — about $354 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 sale91 hd
136.15
KY average23 barns · 4,482 hd
139.57
−3.42
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
BullsAverage2,60075.001,9501thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37864.238853thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11150.395606thin
SteersStandardLow2,55550.001,2781thin

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
Bulls2,60075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,9501
SteersStandard2,55550.00/cwt50.00–50.001,2781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37864.23/cwt62.00–66.508853
CowsLean 85-90%1,17854.98/cwt52.00–58.006484
CowsLean 85-90%97641.21/cwt39.50–42.504022
Dairy SteersLarge 3300135.00/cwt135.00–135.00405130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added725137.00/cwt137.00–137.0099370
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535117.00/cwt117.00–117.006261
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485147.00/cwt147.00–147.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615116.50/cwt116.50–116.507161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558139.00/cwt139.00–139.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315142.00/cwt142.00–142.004474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300780.00/cwt765.00–795.0010,1402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400795.00/cwt795.00–795.0011,1303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733126.00/cwt126.00–126.009242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519152.00/cwt152.00–152.007894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,085400.00/cwt400.00–400.004,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380154.00/cwt154.00–154.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681135.00/cwt135.00–135.009198
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260166.00/cwt166.00–166.004321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added825147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,21762

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.