Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-17

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
11 vs last sale 23 46 vs year ago 80 · 57.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
6 vs last sale 11 4 vs year ago 9 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded sharply higher. Not enough to test slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $183.22/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$183.22
14 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.67
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468185.7386911thin
Medium and Large 2-3479174.028343thin
One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $35 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 sale14 hd
183.22
KY average25 barns · 2,434 hd
161.55
+21.67
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
BullsLow1,96094.501,8521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03258.326023thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2510161.00/cwt161.00–161.008211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375192.00/cwt192.00–192.007202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2456200.00/cwt200.00–200.009124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440181.00/cwt181.00–181.007962
BullsMedium and Large 2-3479174.02/cwt173.00–176.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270157.00/cwt157.00–157.004241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590168.00/cwt168.00–168.009912
SteersMedium and Large 2-3263170.00/cwt170.00–170.004471
Dairy SteersLarge 379597.00/cwt97.00–97.007711
Dairy SteersLarge 31,00090.00/cwt90.00–90.009001
Dairy SteersLarge 396090.00/cwt90.00–90.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3318144.00/cwt144.00–144.004582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375167.00/cwt167.00–167.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620156.00/cwt156.00–156.009671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455168.61/cwt165.00–169.507675
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585168.00/cwt168.00–168.009831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265188.00/cwt188.00–188.004981
SteersMedium and Large 3245132.00/cwt130.00–134.003232
Bulls1,96094.50/cwt94.50–94.501,8521
CowsLean 85-90%88848.98/cwt44.00–53.504352
CowsLean 85-90%1,32077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0161

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.