Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-04-27

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
127 vs last sale 175 77 vs year ago 125 · 61.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
10 vs last sale 12 4 vs year ago 6 · 66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
9 vs last sale 11 6 vs year ago 8 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded slightly higher with good demand. Not enough to test slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.50/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$168.50
18 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530172.2591316thin
Small and Medium 1-2600145.008701thin
Medium and Large 2-3665132.008781thin
One grade step is worth $40.25/cwt here — about $35 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 sale18 hd
168.50
KY average25 barns · 2,991 hd
157.56
+10.94
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
BullsAverage1,21588.001,0691thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33570.009351thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2Fancy521176.00/cwt176.00–176.0091712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395185.00/cwt185.00–185.007311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635139.00/cwt139.00–139.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2598160.00/cwt160.00–160.009572
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618154.00/cwt154.00–154.009524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430183.00/cwt183.00–183.007871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445159.00/cwt159.00–159.007081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360193.00/cwt193.00–193.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563146.90/cwt145.00–152.508278
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495154.00/cwt154.00–154.007621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720136.00/cwt136.00–136.009791
SteersMedium and Large 3840102.00/cwt102.00–102.008572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523176.00/cwt175.00–177.009202
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0011,1261
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2900945.00/cwt945.00–945.008,5051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33570.00/cwt70.00–70.009351
Bulls1,21588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0691

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.