Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-07-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
34 vs last sale 5 134 vs year ago 173 · 77.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
13 vs last sale 17 5 vs year ago 9 · 55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 4 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to 4th of July Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 129.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.
Average price
$280.00
3 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.92
vs KY average
5.99 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610280.001,7083thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
280.00
KY average19 barns · 1,022 hd
281.92
−1.92
National average155 barns · 9,896 hd
285.99
−5.99
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.43
−129.43
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 Low808116.019383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,62079.501,2881thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,1002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,8751thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%1,62079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,2881
CowsLean 85-90%69580.00/cwt80.00–80.005561
CowsLean 85-90%865134.01/cwt132.00–136.001,1592
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400360317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950900230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800785219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450437323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,4123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350310286.00/cwt286.00–286.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,5131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5711
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-28501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29752,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1542

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.