Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
251 vs last sale 289 7 vs year ago 45 · 15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 10 16 vs year ago 22 · 72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
13 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 2 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light receipts.

Closed for Holidays. Next sale January 5th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.30/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$112.30
17 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.61
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535130.406975thin
Medium and Large 2-3427104.7644712thin
One grade step is worth $25.64/cwt here — about $250 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 sale17 hd
112.30
KY average24 barns · 6,988 hd
134.91
−22.61
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
BullsLow1,14070.007984thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12053.005941thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%1,12053.00/cwt53.00–53.005941
Bulls1,14070.00/cwt70.00–70.007984
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 2-3685600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,1101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,9301
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2800625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000655.00/cwt655.00–655.006,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055575.00/cwt575.00–575.006,0661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3205140.00/cwt140.00–140.002871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-352090.00/cwt90.00–90.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521151.00/cwt151.00–151.007874
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
Dairy SteersLarge 354585.00/cwt85.00–85.004633
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576130.50/cwt130.50–130.507524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470100.00/cwt100.00–100.004701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3379104.52/cwt100.00–120.003966
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600144.33/cwt134.00–149.508666
BullsMedium and Large 2-370090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495141.00/cwt141.00–141.006981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425149.00/cwt149.00–149.006331

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.