Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-22

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 22
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
334 vs last sale 38 215 vs year ago 157 · +136.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 7 10 vs year ago 14 · 71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 5 vs year ago 7 · 71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to lack of comparable receipts. Value Added feeders and holsteins traded with strong demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.15/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$138.15
81 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$369
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705138.3897580
Medium and Large 2-3505120.006061thin
One grade step is worth $18.38/cwt here — about $369 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 sale81 hd
138.15
KY average26 barns · 5,647 hd
137.49
+0.66
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43059.008441thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06353.175653thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2305135.00/cwt135.00–135.004121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505147.00/cwt147.00–147.007421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465146.00/cwt146.00–146.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555123.25/cwt123.25–123.256841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431149.31/cwt148.50–150.006449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,03968
Dairy SteersLarge 3350124.81/cwt124.00–125.25437200
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435141.00/cwt141.00–141.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511137.00/cwt137.00–137.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added775149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,15965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497151.00/cwt151.00–151.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388139.51/cwt138.00–140.005414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,62559.00/cwt59.00–59.009591
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
CowsLean 85-90%1,15559.50/cwt59.50–59.506872
CowsLean 85-90%88040.50/cwt40.50–40.503561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43059.00/cwt59.00–59.008441

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.