Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-31

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 31
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
19 vs last sale 16 130 vs year ago 165 · 78.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
5 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand for feeder classes this week. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $236.75/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$236.75
15 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.30
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541236.751,28015thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
236.75
KY average26 barns · 2,010 hd
221.45
+15.30
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
BullsAverage1,875121.002,2692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18597.561,1575thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average70576.005361thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,780131.002,3321thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)927$9983thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)805$9852thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)820$8751thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2Fancy510252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2736203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368249.38/cwt246.00–253.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423216.02/cwt212.00–220.009142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515217.33/cwt216.00–220.001,1193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added689241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6605
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2643
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2820875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2805985.00/head985.00–985.009852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2927997.59/head785.00–1,085.009983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19899.08/cwt95.00–104.001,1874
CowsLean 85-90%70576.00/cwt76.00–76.005361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13591.50/cwt91.50–91.501,0391
SteersSelect and Choice1,780131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,3321
Bulls1,500111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,6651
Bulls2,250131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,9481

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.