Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-10-14

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Thu, Oct 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
54 vs last sale 128 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 9 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.27/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$128.27
29 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$256
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3395136.005372thin
Medium and Large 1-2621127.7079327
One grade step is worth $8.30/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale29 hd
128.27
KY average27 barns · 2,809 hd
131.32
−3.05
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,37551.297054thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2725114.00/cwt114.00–114.008271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760105.00/cwt105.00–105.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1-283596.00/cwt96.00–96.008021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2656125.00/cwt125.00–125.008204
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534133.97/cwt131.00–137.007156
BullsMedium and Large 1-2644129.00/cwt129.00–129.008316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787124.00/cwt124.00–124.009762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683136.00/cwt136.00–136.009293
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385137.00/cwt137.00–137.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577132.24/cwt130.00–134.507638
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500127.00/cwt127.00–127.006351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590128.00/cwt128.00–128.007551
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458136.00/cwt136.00–136.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574142.28/cwt139.50–145.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2-3405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595131.88/cwt130.00–137.507858
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-28501,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0011,6883
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,500985.00/cwt985.00–985.0014,7753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,013969.44/cwt900.00–1,025.009,8202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2940963.16/cwt900.00–1,025.009,0542
CowsLean 85-90%1,37551.29/cwt47.50–53.507054

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.