Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-09-21

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Thu, Sep 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
48 vs last sale 116 31 vs year ago 37 · +83.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 12 3 vs year ago 3 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $220.02/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$220.02
33 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552220.021,21533
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 sale33 hd
220.02
KY average26 barns · 3,719 hd
214.97
+5.05
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
BullsLow1,315115.001,5121thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,508106.001,5982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,23579.009762thin

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 1-2721190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3706
BullsMedium and Large 1-2275247.40/cwt239.00–250.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2591214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2657
BullsMedium and Large 1-2506242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378255.00/cwt255.00–255.009644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373225.00/cwt225.00–225.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625201.95/cwt200.00–204.001,2622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315222.00/cwt222.00–222.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2495
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3763
Dairy SteersLarge 3805109.00/cwt109.00–109.008771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430221.00/cwt221.00–221.009504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 2490210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2443251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20068.50/cwt68.50–68.508221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,450104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5081
Bulls1,315115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,1371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,565108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6901

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.