Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-07

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 7
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
11 vs last sale 19 2 vs year ago 32 · 6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $258.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$258.00
4 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,429
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.60
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554258.001,4294thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
258.00
KY average25 barns · 397 hd
254.40
+3.60
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
BullsAverage1,212137.461,6663thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530130.001,9891thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47572.001,0621thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800795198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300278294.68/cwt290.00–300.008192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400380230.00/cwt230.00–230.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500480225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650640240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5361
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,47572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0621
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,530130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320241.00/cwt241.00–241.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250243250.00/cwt250.00–250.006082
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500470246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3962
Bulls1,212137.46/cwt135.00–139.001,6663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600593245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400387270.40/cwt263.00–285.001,0463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500482276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375262.00/cwt262.00–262.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3801

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.