Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 173▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 23▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 26 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 market this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $107.10/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$107.10
10 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.08
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2600111.506694thin
Medium and Large 2-3470104.174896thin
One grade step is worth $7.33/cwt here — about $180 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 sale10 hd
107.10
—
KY average18 barns · 1,451 hd
118.18
−11.08
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—Average1,86357.421,0703thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21533.204036thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511134.50/cwt134.50–134.506875
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474108.48/cwt106.00–110.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635102.00/cwt102.00–102.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282076.00/cwt76.00–76.006231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388115.00/cwt115.00–115.004462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2493130.00/cwt130.00–130.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3503107.00/cwt107.00–107.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-359076.00/cwt76.00–76.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276086.00/cwt86.00–86.006541
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3-433052.00/cwt52.00–52.001722
Dairy Steers—Large 338074.00/cwt74.00–74.002811
Dairy Steers—Large 345981.09/cwt80.00–82.0037215
Dairy Steers—Large 352483.50/cwt83.50–83.5043810
Dairy Steers—Large 357275.00/cwt75.00–75.004297
Dairy Steers—Large 363079.50/cwt79.50–79.5050110
Dairy Steers—Large 3-472367.50/cwt67.50–67.504883
Dairy Steers—Large 377975.50/cwt75.50–75.505888
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 352046.00/cwt46.00–46.002393
Dairy Heifers—Large 380643.00/cwt43.00–43.003474
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86357.42/cwt52.00–63.001,0703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05030.50/cwt30.50–30.503201
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24833.74/cwt30.00–43.004215
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,155633.46/cwt555.00–700.007,3162
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,210710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,5911
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,9051
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,383939.56/cwt850.00–1,025.0012,9942
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2705605.45/cwt585.00–665.004,2684
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2925785.00/cwt785.00–785.007,2613
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2925667.97/cwt535.00–775.006,1792
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2775385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,9841
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2850400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235556.05/cwt525.00–610.006,8674
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,288770.63/cwt625.00–825.009,9264
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2850875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,4381

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.