Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-10-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 5
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
108 vs last sale 214 22 vs year ago 128 · 17.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 16 1 vs year ago 9 · 11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend dur to lack of comparable receipts but a steady undertone on the feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.07/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$135.07
42 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512136.0869638
Medium and Large 2-3683125.508574thin
One grade step is worth $10.58/cwt here — about −$160 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 sale42 hd
135.07
KY average24 barns · 5,301 hd
148.01
−12.94
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
BullsAverage1,59091.501,4551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49082.001,2221thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98344.754402thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,350$7951thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2221
Bulls1,59091.50/cwt91.50–91.501,4551
CowsLean 85-90%98344.75/cwt44.50–45.004402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,350795.00/head795.00–795.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415148.00/cwt148.00–148.006142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2491146.00/cwt146.00–146.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568134.54/cwt131.00–135.007649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535132.00/cwt132.00–132.007063
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463138.01/cwt130.00–140.006395
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625127.00/cwt127.00–127.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3755122.00/cwt122.00–122.009212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added523150.00/cwt150.00–150.007856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517160.00/cwt160.00–160.008273
Dairy SteersLarge 3740102.00/cwt102.00–102.0075511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431134.50/cwt134.50–134.5058010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378139.00/cwt139.00–139.005252
Dairy SteersLarge 3527120.00/cwt120.00–120.006323
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3875100.00/cwt100.00–100.008751
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 372595.00/cwt95.00–95.006893
SteersMedium and Large 2-3458110.00/cwt110.00–110.005045
Dairy SteersLarge 375091.00/cwt91.00–91.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579148.63/cwt146.00–150.0086112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3583120.00/cwt120.00–120.007002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525156.00/cwt156.00–156.008194
BullsMedium and Large 1-2651136.00/cwt136.00–136.008851

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.