Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-02

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
46 vs last sale 69 27 vs year ago 50 · 54.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes this week due to low receipts. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.00/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$193.00
10 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$405
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
32.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2645202.571,3077thin
Medium 1-2480178.008541thin
Medium and Large 2-3540167.009022thin
One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $405 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 sale10 hd
193.00
KY average26 barns · 4,124 hd
225.33
−32.33
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
BullsAverage1,495109.751,6413thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86588.007611thin

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)1,110$9551thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$8551thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1-2930130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2442231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3001
SteersLarge 2500151.00/cwt151.00–151.007551
Dairy SteersLarge 3510161.00/cwt161.00–161.008213
HeifersMedium 1-2480178.00/cwt178.00–178.008541
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3540167.00/cwt167.00–167.009022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075855.00/head855.00–855.008551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110955.00/head955.00–955.009551
Bulls1,593119.12/cwt115.00–122.001,8982
Bulls1,30091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1831
CowsLean 85-90%86588.00/cwt88.00–88.007611

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.