Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-06-08

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
74 vs last sale 69 71 vs year ago 72 · +98.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
17 vs last sale 22 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 6 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $151.75/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$151.75
12 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$33.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573158.119069thin
Small and Medium 2-3505149.007521thin
Small and Medium 1-2730124.509092thin
One grade step is worth $33.61/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale12 hd
151.75
KY average25 barns · 2,146 hd
150.87
+0.88
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
BullsAverage1,890100.001,8901thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60580.001,2841thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13566.887593thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,2751thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,13566.88/cwt63.50–70.007593
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2841
Bulls1,890100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2620134.00/cwt134.00–134.008311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460185.00/cwt185.00–185.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,0594
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540149.50/cwt149.50–149.508071
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,065127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,3531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598139.00/cwt139.00–139.008312
Dairy SteersLarge 3400140.00/cwt140.00–140.00560110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370154.00/cwt154.00–154.005701
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009661
BullsSmall and Medium 2-3505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440184.00/cwt184.00–184.008102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653145.00/cwt145.00–145.009473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579155.00/cwt155.00–155.008974

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.