Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 31 136 vs year ago 165 · 82.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 7 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 3 vs year ago 4 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to Holiday break.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $184.04/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$184.04
16 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$52.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.10
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2486199.8397011thin
Medium and Large 2660159.001,0491thin
Medium and Large 2-3558146.908194thin
One grade step is worth $52.93/cwt here — about $151 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
184.04
KY average13 barns · 661 hd
197.15
−13.10
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%Average1,93080.001,5441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29578.831,0213thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)840$8251thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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%1,16084.50/cwt84.50–84.509801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,93080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36375.99/cwt75.50–76.501,0362
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2840825.00/head825.00–825.008251
BullsMedium and Large 2660159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410210.50/cwt207.00–214.008632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455212.00/cwt212.00–212.009651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583193.54/cwt185.00–202.001,1282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315232.00/cwt232.00–232.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380234.00/cwt234.00–234.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460196.00/cwt196.00–196.009021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405196.00/cwt196.00–196.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555180.00/cwt180.00–180.009991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425226.00/cwt223.00–229.009612
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600136.00/cwt136.00–136.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0102
BullsMedium and Large 2-3515157.80/cwt151.00–165.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1572
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345222.00/cwt222.00–222.007661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220210.00/cwt210.00–210.004621

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.