Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
27 vs last sale 50 286 vs year ago 309 · 92.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
8 vs last sale 3 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $159.60/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$159.60
10 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542169.889218thin
Medium and Large 2-3655118.507762thin
One grade step is worth $51.38/cwt here — about $145 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 sale10 hd
159.60
KY average24 barns · 1,835 hd
157.75
+1.85
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
BullsLow1,30095.021,2352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15070.008051thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35066.008911thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13959.776814thin

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 1-2360185.00/cwt185.00–185.006661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460175.00/cwt175.00–175.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512176.00/cwt176.00–176.009013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0363
BullsMedium and Large 2-380090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510147.00/cwt147.00–147.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570149.00/cwt149.00–149.008491
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493156.00/cwt156.00–156.007692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2713155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710131.00/cwt131.00–131.009301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448162.00/cwt162.00–162.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006602
Bulls1,30095.02/cwt90.00–98.501,2352
CowsLean 85-90%1,22869.53/cwt68.00–71.008542
CowsLean 85-90%1,05050.00/cwt50.00–50.005252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15070.00/cwt70.00–70.008051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35066.00/cwt66.00–66.008911

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.