Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-05-18

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 18
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
143 vs last sale 153 124 vs year ago 134 · 92.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
2 vs last sale 3 3 vs year ago 4 · 75.0%
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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 $113.67/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$113.67
3 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
38.46
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2770113.678753thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
113.67
KY average27 barns · 5,438 hd
152.12
−38.46
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%Average1,08358.946384thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36557.507851thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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%1,08358.94/cwt54.00–69.006384
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36557.50/cwt57.50–57.507851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590163.00/cwt163.00–163.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680128.50/cwt128.50–128.508742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-295084.00/cwt84.00–84.007981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360166.00/cwt166.00–166.005981
BullsMedium and Large 1-284598.00/cwt98.00–98.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610149.00/cwt149.00–149.009091

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.