Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-05-25

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 25
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
31 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 43 · 4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 8 vs year ago 13 · 61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.39/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$171.39
19 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.71
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2421178.7075215thin
Medium and Large 2-3492144.017084thin
One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $45 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 sale19 hd
171.39
KY average24 barns · 2,365 hd
155.68
+15.71
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
BullsAverage1,10090.009901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32578.501,0401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37572.009901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88860.505372thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310161.00/cwt161.00–161.004991
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32578.50/cwt78.50–78.501,0401
Bulls1,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009901
CowsLean 85-90%1,04049.00/cwt49.00–49.005101
CowsLean 85-90%73572.00/cwt72.00–72.005291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37572.00/cwt72.00–72.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 3457118.00/cwt118.00–118.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 3380119.00/cwt119.00–119.004521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466152.78/cwt149.00–154.007124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550148.00/cwt148.00–148.008144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445154.00/cwt154.00–154.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365141.00/cwt141.00–141.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420137.00/cwt137.00–137.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493172.00/cwt172.00–172.008482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3388153.02/cwt152.00–154.005942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432177.99/cwt173.00–180.007697
BullsMedium and Large 1-2492177.50/cwt177.50–177.508733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338181.00/cwt181.00–181.006122

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.