Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-23

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
5 vs last sale 55 29 vs year ago 79 · 36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
13 vs last sale 16 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold sharply lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $222.73/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$222.73
17 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$29.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.08
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595224.471,33416thin
Medium and Large 2-3510195.009951thin
One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about $340 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 sale17 hd
222.73
KY average25 barns · 3,964 hd
225.81
−3.08
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
BullsHigh1,710133.002,2741thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34588.251,1872thin

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 CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$1,2001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)700$9101thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
BullsLarge 1-2645168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2176
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3972
BullsMedium and Large 2-3605175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0591
BullsMedium and Large 1-2649202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627221.49/cwt216.50–222.501,3896
SteersMedium and Large 2-3855187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673233.33/cwt233.00–234.001,5703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4642
Dairy SteersLarge 3565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415222.00/cwt222.00–222.009212
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510195.00/cwt195.00–195.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,5315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,3766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7141
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2700910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29751,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bulls1,710133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,2741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31577.50/cwt77.50–77.501,0191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3611

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.