Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
55 vs last sale 99 121 vs year ago 165 · 73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
3 vs last sale 5 4 vs year ago 6 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Strong demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.63/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$219.63
25 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
7.89
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548219.631,20325
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 sale25 hd
219.63
KY average25 barns · 7,577 hd
227.52
−7.89
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
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00053.005301thin

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 1-2Fancy625239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy692236.36/cwt233.00–238.001,6363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310225.00/cwt225.00–225.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619213.23/cwt198.00–217.501,32012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468276.10/cwt261.00–280.001,2925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410232.00/cwt232.00–232.009511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
CowsLean 85-90%1,00053.00/cwt53.00–53.005301

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.