Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-09-06

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
41 vs last sale 27 13 vs year ago 55 · +23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 9 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. No comparison on slaughter bulls. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.50/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$220.50
29 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$379
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.34
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547220.871,20828
Medium and Large 2395210.008301thin
One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $379 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 sale29 hd
220.50
KY average18 barns · 4,705 hd
232.84
−12.34
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
BullsLow1,530109.501,6751thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218103.301,2585thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12565.007311thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2402263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6817
SteersMedium and Large 2-3365200.00/cwt200.00–200.007301
Dairy HeifersLarge 3385116.00/cwt116.00–116.004471
Dairy SteersLarge 3900113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5027
HeifersMedium and Large 2395210.00/cwt210.00–210.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328239.00/cwt239.00–239.007842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2503223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,1242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278229.66/cwt229.00–230.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575224.57/cwt214.00–230.001,2913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365231.00/cwt231.00–231.008431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2823172.43/cwt170.00–180.001,4194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474228.83/cwt228.50–229.001,0856
BullsMedium and Large 1-2329235.90/cwt230.00–239.007763
Bulls1,530109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,6751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,3813
CowsLean 85-90%1,12565.00/cwt65.00–65.007311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635185.43/cwt181.00–190.001,1772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380222.00/cwt222.00–222.008441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2487240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2265240.00/cwt240.00–240.006361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1081

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.