Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-02-21

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 21
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
14 vs last sale 44 107 vs year ago 165 · 64.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 6 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with good demand. No comparison on slaughter classes due to light test last week. Good demand for slaughter classes this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.59/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$215.59
20 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,254
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$751
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.23
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3248231.255722thin
Medium and Large 1-2619213.851,32318thin
One grade step is worth $17.40/cwt here — about −$751 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 sale20 hd
215.59
KY average27 barns · 7,256 hd
240.81
−25.23
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%Average1,54885.961,3312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32078.141,0313thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2Fancy678236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full635211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3401
BullsMedium 1-2420212.00/cwt212.00–212.008902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432280.45/cwt262.00–286.001,2124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2597239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2745207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5421
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,085154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,030150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365242.50/cwt242.50–242.508851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470252.75/cwt252.50–253.001,1882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618257.50/cwt257.00–258.001,5912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590221.33/cwt221.00–222.001,3063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773162.29/cwt160.00–167.001,2553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624221.48/cwt219.00–225.001,3827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3220225.00/cwt225.00–225.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275237.50/cwt237.50–237.506531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470235.36/cwt231.00–240.001,1062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54885.96/cwt84.00–88.001,3312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27082.71/cwt82.00–83.501,0502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42069.00/cwt69.00–69.009801

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.