Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 15
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
22 vs last sale 16 70 vs year ago 108 · 64.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 4 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 3 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.63/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$135.63
16 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$8.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.44
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541136.1473615thin
Small and Medium 1-2410128.005251thin
One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $211 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 sale16 hd
135.63
KY average27 barns · 5,312 hd
138.08
−2.44
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
BullsLow2,00073.501,4701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18550.515992thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,15550.005781thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37867.599312thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-2348150.00/cwt150.00–150.005222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2393159.00/cwt159.00–159.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629133.50/cwt133.50–133.508404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525131.50/cwt131.50–131.506902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586130.00/cwt130.00–130.007624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2855109.00/cwt109.00–109.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470147.02/cwt146.50–147.506916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450150.50/cwt150.50–150.506774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350143.00/cwt143.00–143.005011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575142.50/cwt142.50–142.508192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140655.00/cwt655.00–655.007,4671
Bulls2,00073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,4701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15550.00/cwt50.00–50.005781
CowsLean 85-90%1,18550.51/cwt48.00–53.005992
HeifersSelect and Choice1,37867.59/cwt65.00–70.009312

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.