Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-09

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
9 vs last sale 23 9 vs year ago 23 · +39.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
0 vs last sale 4 7 vs year ago 11 · 63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes due to low receipts last week. Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady. Good demand on slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $216.72/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$216.72
18 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$410
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$57.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.92
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2477229.361,09414thin
Large 1-2650175.001,1381thin
Medium and Large 2-3398171.676843thin
One grade step is worth $57.69/cwt here — about $410 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 sale18 hd
216.72
KY average25 barns · 2,476 hd
218.64
−1.92
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
BullsAverage1,205100.001,2051thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96894.779183thin

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
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)775$7451thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2220240.00/cwt240.00–240.005281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3255155.00/cwt155.00–155.003951
Stock CowsMedium 1-2775745.00/head745.00–745.007451
CowsLean 85-90%95588.50/cwt88.50–88.508451
CowsLean 85-90%97597.90/cwt94.00–102.009552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0132
BullsLarge 1-2650175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430194.00/cwt194.00–194.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380220.00/cwt220.00–220.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510230.26/cwt230.00–231.001,1744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330206.41/cwt194.00–220.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385235.00/cwt235.00–235.009051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510166.00/cwt166.00–166.008471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
Dairy SteersLarge 3400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330236.00/cwt236.00–236.007791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400220.00/cwt220.00–220.008801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250240.00/cwt240.00–240.006001
Bulls1,205100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2051

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.