Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-25

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
1 vs last sale 80 47 vs year ago 128 · 36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
8 vs last sale 9 7 vs year ago 8 · 87.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 4 vs year ago 8 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with limited comparable receipts. No test on slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.72/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$139.72
37 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.07
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521140.5273334
Medium and Large 2-3485130.676343thin
One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $98 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 sale37 hd
139.72
KY average27 barns · 4,295 hd
140.79
−1.07
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
BullsLow2,29575.501,7331thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370143.00/cwt143.00–143.005291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660130.50/cwt130.50–130.508611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2875100.00/cwt100.00–100.008751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635133.25/cwt133.25–133.258462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521145.55/cwt145.00–146.007587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583151.00/cwt151.00–151.008805
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565139.00/cwt139.00–139.007851
Dairy SteersLarge 352091.00/cwt91.00–91.004732
Dairy SteersLarge 360392.00/cwt92.00–92.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473130.00/cwt130.00–130.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358143.00/cwt143.00–143.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574134.86/cwt132.00–138.007747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
SteersMedium and Large 3510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690125.50/cwt125.50–125.508661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413134.50/cwt134.00–135.005552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494150.71/cwt146.00–152.007459
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3498131.50/cwt131.50–131.506552
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006892
BullsMedium and Large 3440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3645122.00/cwt122.00–122.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515145.18/cwt140.00–149.507489
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,470945.00/cwt945.00–945.0013,8921
Bulls2,29575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,7331

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.