Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 5
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 103▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 15▲ 2 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. Weaned cattle traded with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.00/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$111.00
28 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.06
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3455120.005462thin
Medium and Large 1-2672115.1477421
Medium and Large 345890.004125thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $134 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 sale28 hd
111.00
—
KY average27 barns · 5,199 hd
127.06
−16.06
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%Average1,24040.004961thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752125.00/cwt125.00–125.009403
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3790113.50/cwt113.50–113.508971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415126.00/cwt126.00–126.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 345890.00/cwt90.00–90.004125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495125.50/cwt125.50–125.506211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513125.00/cwt125.00–125.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682117.00/cwt117.00–117.007985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785109.50/cwt109.50–109.508603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833109.00/cwt109.00–109.009083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added905105.00/cwt105.00–105.009502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503137.31/cwt129.00–139.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 329580.00/cwt80.00–80.002361
Dairy Steers—Large 338386.50/cwt86.50–86.503312
Dairy Steers—Large 348086.00/cwt86.00–86.004133
Dairy Steers—Large 355086.00/cwt86.00–86.004736
Dairy Steers—Large 365086.00/cwt86.00–86.005598
Dairy Steers—Large 375476.00/cwt76.00–76.005738
Dairy Steers—Large 383375.50/cwt75.50–75.506292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24040.00/cwt40.00–40.004961

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.