Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-03

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
35 vs last sale 85 4 vs year ago 46 · +8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
8 vs last sale 11 14 vs year ago 17 · 82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.92/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$132.92
13 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
40.40
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2742147.801,0975thin
Medium and Large 2-3766123.639478thin
One grade step is worth $24.18/cwt here — about $150 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 sale13 hd
132.92
KY average25 barns · 4,476 hd
173.32
−40.40
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31070.509241thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09363.686962thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1-2500157.00/cwt157.00–157.007851
BullsMedium 1-2448148.50/cwt148.50–148.506652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315165.00/cwt165.00–165.005201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430162.00/cwt162.00–162.006971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435166.00/cwt166.00–166.007221
Dairy SteersLarge 3452129.50/cwt129.50–129.505855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2233
SteersMedium and Large 2-3842113.00/cwt113.00–113.009513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009365
Dairy SteersLarge 3569125.45/cwt124.00–126.507148
Dairy SteersLarge 3500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395145.00/cwt145.00–145.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567142.02/cwt138.00–150.008053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 348081.00/cwt81.00–81.003891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635156.00/cwt156.00–156.009911
Dairy SteersLarge 3362135.00/cwt135.00–135.004896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31070.50/cwt70.50–70.509241
CowsLean 85-90%1,09363.68/cwt60.50–66.006962

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.