Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-08

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
25 vs last sale 41 130 vs year ago 146 · 89.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 7 · 28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.11/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$135.11
9 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539137.007388thin
Medium and Large 2-3435120.005221thin
One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $216 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 sale9 hd
135.11
KY average19 barns · 1,476 hd
136.28
−1.17
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23070.008611thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,34352.287022thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,34352.28/cwt52.00–52.507022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23070.00/cwt70.00–70.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445131.00/cwt131.00–131.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835108.00/cwt108.00–108.009021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733130.00/cwt130.00–130.009532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482147.00/cwt147.00–147.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001

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.