Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-12-06

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 6
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
58 vs last sale 70 37 vs year ago 165 · 22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
10 vs last sale 15 1 vs year ago 6 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to light receipts from last week on feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.95/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$204.95
54 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$397
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$33.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.08
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589208.701,23048
Medium 1-2476175.008336thin
One grade step is worth $33.70/cwt here — about $397 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 sale54 hd
204.95
KY average26 barns · 8,057 hd
219.04
−14.08
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
BullsLow1,37080.001,0961thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53584.001,2891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,05083.008721thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-2500190.00/cwt190.00–190.009502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562149.79/cwt140.00–155.008423
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2498170.00/cwt170.00–170.008472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553163.00/cwt163.00–163.009012
Dairy SteersLarge 3370154.00/cwt154.00–154.005705
Dairy SteersLarge 3278155.00/cwt155.00–155.004313
Dairy SteersLarge 3635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2042
Dairy HeifersLarge 3408158.00/cwt158.00–158.006452
Dairy SteersLarge 3670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Dairy SteersLarge 3315164.00/cwt164.00–164.005172
Dairy SteersLarge 3468168.00/cwt168.00–168.007863
Dairy SteersLarge 3534141.38/cwt130.00–145.007554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,10022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,35510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315195.00/cwt195.00–195.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470185.00/cwt185.00–185.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388196.00/cwt196.00–196.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525169.00/cwt169.00–169.008874
SteersMedium 1-2476175.00/cwt175.00–175.008336
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290191.00/cwt191.00–191.005541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Bulls1,37080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05083.00/cwt83.00–83.008721

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.