Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-08

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 8
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
17 vs last sale 42 106 vs year ago 165 · 64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 6 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder steers this week. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.66/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$194.66
29 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$47.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569196.891,12027
Medium and Large 2-3420180.007561thin
Large 1-2700149.001,0431thin
One grade step is worth $47.89/cwt here — about $77 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
194.66
KY average25 barns · 6,459 hd
203.83
−9.17
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
BullsLow1,792107.941,9343thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25882.571,0392thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25882.57/cwt81.50–83.501,0392
Bulls1,830100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,8391
Bulls1,773111.66/cwt109.50–114.001,9802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579199.69/cwt197.00–205.001,1566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421203.49/cwt203.00–205.008574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3268
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390207.00/cwt207.00–207.008071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345205.00/cwt205.00–205.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added743229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,7742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541215.95/cwt215.00–220.001,16810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525200.33/cwt197.00–201.001,0526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2411
HeifersLarge 1-2700149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2532227.32/cwt223.00–229.501,2093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2021

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.