Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
40 vs last sale 81 44 vs year ago 85 · 51.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 1 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 7 vs year ago 1 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.14/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$135.14
18 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$43.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.81
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503143.1472013thin
Medium and Large 2-3575117.956794thin
Medium and Large 3235100.002351thin
One grade step is worth $43.14/cwt here — about $485 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 sale18 hd
135.14
KY average25 barns · 3,393 hd
139.95
−4.81
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
BullsLow1,33565.008681thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25059.507441thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63058.009451thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-2465152.00/cwt152.00–152.007071
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2565133.00/cwt133.00–133.007511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608136.00/cwt136.00–136.008272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405136.00/cwt136.00–136.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300152.50/cwt152.50–152.504581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385149.00/cwt149.00–149.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648134.00/cwt134.00–134.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-31,18575.00/cwt75.00–75.008891
Dairy SteersLarge 3465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295162.00/cwt162.00–162.004781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588158.00/cwt158.00–158.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458147.00/cwt147.00–147.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 3235100.00/cwt100.00–100.002351
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Dairy SteersLarge 328590.00/cwt90.00–90.002572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565139.44/cwt136.00–143.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372132.27/cwt120.00–138.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,050975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,2382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140797.01/cwt700.00–845.009,0863
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2840785.00/cwt785.00–785.006,5941
Bulls1,33565.00/cwt65.00–65.008681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63058.00/cwt58.00–58.009451
CowsLean 85-90%1,25059.50/cwt59.50–59.507441

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.