Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
39 vs last sale 59 145 vs year ago 165 · 87.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 6 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 4 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder classes due to low receipts. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $202.03/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$202.03
15 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.62
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529208.381,10112thin
Medium and Large 2-3467176.618253thin
One grade step is worth $31.77/cwt here — about $277 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 sale15 hd
202.03
KY average26 barns · 3,435 hd
196.41
+5.62
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
BullsAverage2,195112.502,4691thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60088.001,4081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30883.191,0882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98058.005682thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,220$9552thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1-2Fancy555232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3467176.61/cwt140.00–196.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375212.36/cwt209.00–216.007962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668184.43/cwt178.00–191.001,2322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335211.00/cwt211.00–211.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484182.36/cwt181.00–185.008833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1672
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220954.75/head925.00–985.009552
Bulls2,195112.50/cwt112.50–112.502,4691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4081
CowsLean 85-90%91076.00/cwt76.00–76.006921
CowsLean 85-90%1,05040.00/cwt40.00–40.004201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30883.19/cwt79.00–87.501,0882

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.