Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-07-26

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 26
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
42 vs last sale 27 16 vs year ago 85 · 18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder cattle due to low receipts last week. Good demand for feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady. No comparison on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.86/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$214.86
29 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,236
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567222.201,26024
Medium and Large 2587192.671,1313thin
Medium and Large 2-3655160.001,0482thin
One grade step is worth $62.20/cwt here — about $212 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 sale29 hd
214.86
KY average24 barns · 2,094 hd
213.60
+1.26
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
BullsAverage1,488121.921,8142thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98088.008621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06580.008521thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)730$1,1001thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660198.61/cwt191.00–206.001,3112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3391
BullsMedium and Large 2605183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2593228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,3553
BullsMedium and Large 2578197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4352
SteersLarge 2-3560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2868209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250190.00/cwt190.00–190.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3874
Dairy SteersLarge 3597134.00/cwt134.00–134.008003
Dairy SteersLarge 3510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2840150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2975106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 2500192.50/cwt192.50–192.509631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363233.00/cwt233.00–233.008462
Dairy SteersLarge 3470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2055
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488240.30/cwt227.00–242.501,1737
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 27301,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls1,488121.92/cwt119.00–125.001,8142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06580.00/cwt80.00–80.008521
CowsLean 85-90%98088.00/cwt88.00–88.008621

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.