Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-05-31

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 31
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
11 vs last sale 34 46 vs year ago 69 · 66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
4 vs last sale 7 19 vs year ago 22 · 86.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder classes sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cattle sold with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.23/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$202.23
11 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429211.119059thin
Medium and Large 2-3543162.258802thin
One grade step is worth $48.86/cwt here — about $25 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 sale11 hd
202.23
KY average19 barns · 3,297 hd
209.56
−7.33
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
BullsHigh1,538131.542,0232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23076.509411thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,335$1,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$1,2751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$9101thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2565192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2602
BullsMedium and Large 2745155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625140.00/cwt140.00–140.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288212.50/cwt212.50–212.506122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1361
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670147.50/cwt147.50–147.509881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458216.00/cwt216.00–216.009894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415177.00/cwt177.00–177.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,1841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415236.00/cwt236.00–236.009792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370245.00/cwt245.00–245.009071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3051,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,160910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls1,538131.54/cwt128.00–135.002,0232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23076.50/cwt76.50–76.509411

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.