Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
4 vs last sale 38 123 vs year ago 165 · 74.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
8 vs last sale 17 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
2 vs last sale 3 3 vs year ago 4 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes. Good demand on feeder classes. Slaughter cows firm on light test. No comparison on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.88/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$208.88
26 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,326
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$617
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$47.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2649212.541,38024
Medium and Large 2-3463165.007632thin
One grade step is worth $47.54/cwt here — about $617 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 sale26 hd
208.88
KY average26 barns · 4,641 hd
205.06
+3.82
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
BullsAverage1,973109.232,1552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30076.509951thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95453.215084thin

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
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,3251thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320204.00/cwt204.00–204.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385229.00/cwt229.00–229.008821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2703209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2598217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2982
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2483
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3695160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495198.00/cwt198.00–198.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added712218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,55218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2082
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490170.00/cwt170.00–170.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255190.00/cwt190.00–190.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360206.00/cwt206.00–206.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3230170.00/cwt170.00–170.003911
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bulls1,973109.23/cwt107.00–111.002,1552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30076.50/cwt76.50–76.509951
CowsLean 85-90%89047.43/cwt45.00–50.004222
CowsLean 85-90%1,01858.98/cwt58.00–60.006002

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.