Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-24

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Receipts
79 head
45 vs last sale 34 2 vs year ago 81 · 2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to limited comparable receipts but a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.88/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$166.88
28 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.84
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460179.4882518thin
Medium and Large 2-3558144.2080410thin
One grade step is worth $35.28/cwt here — about $21 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 sale28 hd
166.88
KY average24 barns · 2,442 hd
167.72
−0.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2525168.00/cwt168.00–168.008821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610154.50/cwt154.50–154.509421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663145.00/cwt145.00–145.009612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367191.00/cwt191.00–191.007016
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434186.03/cwt184.00–190.008077
SteersMedium and Large 2-3610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555157.50/cwt157.50–157.508742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535163.00/cwt163.00–163.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736158.01/cwt156.00–159.001,1636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448167.50/cwt167.50–167.507502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0971
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355151.00/cwt151.00–151.005361
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430158.00/cwt158.00–158.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508190.45/cwt182.00–194.009677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639175.88/cwt173.00–177.001,1247
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648148.00/cwt148.00–148.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395166.00/cwt166.00–166.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569155.50/cwt154.00–157.008854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495167.50/cwt167.50–167.508292
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695136.00/cwt136.00–136.009451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560150.00/cwt150.00–150.008402
BullsMedium and Large 2-3648135.00/cwt135.00–135.008755

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.