Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-11-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
21 vs last sale 58 46 vs year ago 83 · 55.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 20 15 vs year ago 6 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 9 vs year ago 10 · 90.0%
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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 $132.50/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$132.50
16 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.41
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2411134.6755315thin
Medium and Large 2-3540100.005401thin
One grade step is worth $34.67/cwt here — about $13 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
132.50
KY average24 barns · 7,570 hd
130.09
+2.41
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%Average1,46852.467703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29551.866723thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23144.2154411

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1-2Full585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1-291075.00/cwt75.00–75.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2733105.50/cwt105.50–105.507732
BullsMedium and Large 364064.00/cwt64.00–64.004101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378138.12/cwt132.00–144.005222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500140.50/cwt140.50–140.507033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481135.00/cwt135.00–135.006495
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670136.00/cwt136.00–136.009111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520140.00/cwt140.00–140.007281
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320121.00/cwt121.00–121.003871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447146.00/cwt146.00–146.006533
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375134.00/cwt134.00–134.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321135.00/cwt135.00–135.004335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445134.00/cwt134.00–134.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2750610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,5751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29551.86/cwt49.00–54.006723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46852.46/cwt50.50–55.507703
CowsLean 85-90%1,25148.58/cwt45.00–54.506087
CowsLean 85-90%1,19636.55/cwt30.00–40.504374

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.