Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-02-02

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
92 vs last sale 18 0 vs year ago 110 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
11 vs last sale 6 10 vs year ago 7 · +142.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
2 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 7 · 85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited comparable receipts no trend on market.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.61/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$129.61
28 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.57
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590139.1682118thin
Medium and Large 2-3523112.4158710thin
One grade step is worth $26.75/cwt here — about $233 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 sale28 hd
129.61
KY average24 barns · 2,559 hd
147.17
−17.57
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
BullsLow1,76582.001,4471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57563.481,0002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49562.509341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26253.176717thin

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 1-21,02085.00/cwt85.00–85.008671
BullsMedium and Large 1-284095.28/cwt91.00–104.008003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585141.00/cwt141.00–141.008254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300158.00/cwt158.00–158.004741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2397170.00/cwt170.00–170.006753
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435147.00/cwt147.00–147.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2905136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460152.00/cwt152.00–152.006991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005222
Dairy SteersLarge 3270125.50/cwt125.50–125.5033930
Dairy SteersLarge 3331128.80/cwt128.80–128.8042631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007902
BullsMedium and Large 2-3512101.37/cwt100.00–104.005193
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1-2442170.00/cwt170.00–170.007513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433178.00/cwt178.00–178.007712
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,7031
CowsLean 85-90%1,26253.17/cwt50.00–62.006717
Bulls1,76582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49562.50/cwt62.50–62.509341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57563.48/cwt62.50–64.501,0002

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.