Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-09-07

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 7
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
17 vs last sale 38 39 vs year ago 16 · +243.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 10 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to light 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 $152.26/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$152.26
32 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.57
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2603155.4193828
Medium and Large 2-3548130.257134thin
One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $225 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 sale32 hd
152.26
KY average18 barns · 1,665 hd
163.83
−11.57
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
BullsLow1,64586.411,4213thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22865.258012thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,660$1,2351thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$7101thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$1,3251thin

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 1-2770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663146.00/cwt146.00–146.009684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438185.00/cwt185.00–185.008103
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618139.51/cwt130.00–154.008623
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2746115.00/cwt115.00–115.008586
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530180.53/cwt180.00–182.0095711
Dairy SteersLarge 3728101.00/cwt101.00–101.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390141.00/cwt141.00–141.005501
BullsMedium and Large 2-384090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520152.40/cwt145.00–156.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740119.00/cwt119.00–119.008811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690142.00/cwt142.00–142.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583153.59/cwt143.00–158.008959
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium 31,045710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6601,235.00/head1,235.00–1,235.001,2351
Bulls1,64586.41/cwt85.00–88.001,4213
CowsLean 85-90%1,25072.00/cwt72.00–72.009001
CowsLean 85-90%1,20558.50/cwt58.50–58.507051

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.