Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
← earliestJun 19Jun 26 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 0▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on sale this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.26/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$159.26
118 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$493
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3-4
$120.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483168.76815108
Medium and Large 2-3295134.003951thin
Small and Medium 3-467148.003229thin
One grade step is worth $120.76/cwt here — about $493 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 sale118 hd
159.26
—
KY average22 barns · 5,090 hd
135.70
+23.56
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
Bulls—Low1,70568.671,1713thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27055.006991thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50554.018133thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15037.004261thin

Every lot

29 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3295134.00/cwt134.00–134.003951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482169.52/cwt169.52–169.52817105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540142.00/cwt142.00–142.007671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.008381
Steers—Small and Medium 3-467148.00/cwt48.00–48.003229
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3225137.50/cwt137.50–137.503091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360137.00/cwt137.00–137.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500113.00/cwt113.00–113.005651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565111.47/cwt110.00–113.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590106.00/cwt106.00–106.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640108.00/cwt108.00–108.006912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2333162.49/cwt162.00–163.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425157.00/cwt157.00–157.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560138.31/cwt137.00–141.007753
Bulls—Small and Medium 157084.00/cwt84.00–84.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2900112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0131
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 358565.00/cwt65.00–65.003802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1942
Bulls——1,70566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15037.00/cwt37.00–37.004261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27055.00/cwt55.00–55.006991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50554.01/cwt53.00–55.008133

This sale against other markets

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.