Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-10-25

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
114 vs last sale 152 127 vs year ago 165 · 77.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
11 vs last sale 6 11 vs year ago 6 · +183.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 4 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes this week with light receipts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $209.38/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$209.38
16 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.80
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2473216.461,02413thin
Medium and Large 2-3575178.671,0273thin
One grade step is worth $37.79/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale16 hd
209.38
KY average26 barns · 2,926 hd
199.58
+9.80
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%Average1,57981.511,2875thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27578.119965thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07868.007332thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,330$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$9651thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2345209.00/cwt209.00–209.007211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445190.00/cwt190.00–190.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2454229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
HeifersLarge 1-2510176.00/cwt176.00–176.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500199.00/cwt199.00–199.009951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375218.00/cwt218.00–218.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310190.00/cwt190.00–190.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3555131.00/cwt131.00–131.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420192.50/cwt192.50–192.508094
BullsMedium and Large 2-3695161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437218.00/cwt218.00–218.009535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3301,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,310965.00/head965.00–965.009651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25069.80/cwt65.00–75.008732
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58383.39/cwt81.50–85.001,3204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24380.23/cwt80.00–80.509972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1581
CowsLean 85-90%99580.00/cwt80.00–80.007961
CowsLean 85-90%1,16056.00/cwt56.00–56.006501

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.