Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-16

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
23 vs last sale 32 21 vs year ago 34 · +61.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
12 vs last sale 4 11 vs year ago 5 · +220.0%
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

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cattle sharply higher. Great demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.57/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$221.57
31 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$426
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.36
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544231.001,25824
Medium and Large 2435210.009141thin
Medium and Large 2-3447185.828316thin
One grade step is worth $45.18/cwt here — about $426 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 sale31 hd
221.57
KY average27 barns · 6,893 hd
230.94
−9.36
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
BullsAverage1,448129.001,8672thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,475122.431,8062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,251111.211,3915thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94879.907575thin

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,095$1,4001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)995$1,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2577229.12/cwt225.50–231.001,3226
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2253283.00/cwt283.00–283.007166
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475191.00/cwt191.00–191.009071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007251
BullsMedium and Large 2695174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558234.63/cwt230.50–240.501,3093
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,000185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318257.00/cwt257.00–257.008172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375256.00/cwt256.00–256.009602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,5831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514232.17/cwt216.00–235.001,1937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4161
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3487190.00/cwt190.00–190.009254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3382
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368177.45/cwt175.00–180.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 2435210.00/cwt210.00–210.009141
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29951,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bulls980120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1761
Bulls1,915138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,6431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,251111.21/cwt100.00–118.501,3915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475122.43/cwt120.50–124.501,8062
CowsLean 85-90%91076.00/cwt76.00–76.006921
CowsLean 85-90%1,02560.50/cwt60.50–60.506201
CowsLean 85-90%89084.26/cwt83.50–85.007502
CowsLean 85-90%1,02594.50/cwt94.50–94.509691

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.