Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-09-04

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 4

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

104 head

▼ 94 vs last sale 198▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 14▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers 4.00-8.00 higher. Not enough to test slaughter cows and bulls this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.68/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$130.68

63 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$22.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	131.03	692	62
Medium and Large 2-3	410	109.00	447	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.03/cwt here — about $245 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 sale63 hd

130.68

—

KY average18 barns · 4,133 hd

127.90

+2.77

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	52.17	816	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,303	41.46	540	3thin

Every lot

26 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	406	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	629	14
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	534	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	780	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	860	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	315	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	403	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	564	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	135.28/cwt	132.00–136.00	553	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	447	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	666	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	528	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	721	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	132.42/cwt	130.00–133.00	768	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	123.39/cwt	122.00–124.00	793	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	507	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	348	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	764	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	782	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,303	41.46/cwt	40.00–42.50	540	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	52.17/cwt	49.50–55.00	816	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,750	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,913	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Wed Sep 4, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 104Last week 198Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 14Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder steers traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers 4.00-8.00 higher. Not enough to test slaughter cows and bulls this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	149.00	149.00
1	—	840	91.00	91.00
1	—	920	85.00	85.00
2	—	558	130.00	130.00
5	—	420	140.00	140.00
3	—	510	132.00	132.00
2	—	653	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	111.00	111.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	406	155.00	155.00
3	—	632	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	643	122.00–124.00	123.39
9	—	403	140.00	140.00
8	—	528	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	134.00–136.00	135.00
6	—	409	132.00–136.00	135.28
5	—	580	130.00–133.00	132.42
4	—	390	131.00	131.00
1	—	250	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	40.00–42.50	41.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	49.50–55.00	52.17

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	475.00	475.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.