Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-05-24

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
56 vs last sale 90 7 vs year ago 41 · 17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.58/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$189.58
12 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,175
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
12.65
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620189.581,17512thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
189.58
KY average25 barns · 6,180 hd
202.23
−12.65
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215105.251,2792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,520100.001,5203thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95585.008121thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300246.00/cwt246.00–246.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450207.00/cwt207.00–207.009321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650186.75/cwt186.75–186.751,2141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,1384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3155
Dairy SteersLarge 3567136.00/cwt136.00–136.007715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630185.00/cwt183.00–187.001,1662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,5561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5203
CowsLean 85-90%95585.00/cwt85.00–85.008121

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.