Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 23
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
72 vs last sale 111 30 vs year ago 69 · 43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
4 vs last sale 6 8 vs year ago 10 · 80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 7 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.50/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$140.50
16 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$267
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.03
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3345150.005181thin
Medium and Large 1-2561139.8778415thin
One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about −$267 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
140.50
KY average24 barns · 6,834 hd
148.53
−8.03
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%Very Low91549.504532thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-2455176.00/cwt176.00–176.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565148.57/cwt146.00–151.008392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2757123.00/cwt123.00–123.009312
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400154.00/cwt154.00–154.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398150.00/cwt150.00–150.005972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519152.00/cwt152.00–152.007894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2945117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555122.50/cwt122.50–122.506801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665148.50/cwt148.50–148.509882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555160.60/cwt159.00–161.008915
SteersMedium and Large 2-3435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448147.00/cwt147.00–147.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2753121.00/cwt121.00–121.009114
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653131.00/cwt131.00–131.008552
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,6031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950645.00/cwt645.00–645.006,1281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850595.00/cwt595.00–595.005,0581
CowsLean 85-90%70540.50/cwt40.50–40.502861
CowsLean 85-90%1,12558.50/cwt58.50–58.506581

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.