Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-30

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
23 vs last sale 50 11 vs year ago 38 · 28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 3 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light receipts on feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. No slaughter bulls this week. Good demand for slaughter cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.83/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$239.83
12 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.12
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542239.831,29912thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
239.83
KY average25 barns · 4,200 hd
242.96
−3.12
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,559112.741,7585thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26094.011,1852thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,559112.74/cwt110.00–120.001,7585
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26094.01/cwt90.50–97.001,1852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350232.00/cwt232.00–232.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265224.00/cwt224.00–224.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375230.00/cwt230.00–230.008631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0493
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330221.00/cwt221.00–221.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2614
HeifersMedium 1-2Fleshy540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2403248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,0012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3520177.00/cwt177.00–177.009201

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.