Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-01-26

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 26
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
81 vs last sale 99 56 vs year ago 74 · 75.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
23 vs last sale 29 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
7 vs last sale 10 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts to light to test market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.63/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$141.63
6 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.40
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2412144.965975thin
Medium and Large 2-3230125.002881thin
One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $309 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 sale6 hd
141.63
KY average24 barns · 5,205 hd
142.03
−0.40
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
BullsAverage1,73891.221,5852thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50054.008101thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16546.975476thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1-2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3230125.00/cwt125.00–125.002881
Dairy SteersLarge 338571.00/cwt71.00–71.002731
Dairy SteersLarge 324875.00/cwt75.00–75.001863
Dairy SteersLarge 332570.00/cwt70.00–70.002281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468144.00/cwt144.00–144.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374145.60/cwt143.00–151.005453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250745.00/cwt745.00–745.009,3131
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3361
Bulls1,73891.22/cwt90.25–92.501,5852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50054.00/cwt54.00–54.008101
CowsLean 85-90%1,22549.23/cwt48.00–50.506032
CowsLean 85-90%1,13545.84/cwt45.00–47.505204

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.