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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 93▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 2▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to muddy conditions and a light test no trend on market this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.48/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$141.48

20 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$9.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.69

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	475	145.14	689	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	424	136.00	577	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $113 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 sale20 hd

141.48

—

KY average27 barns · 1,328 hd

128.80

+12.69

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	55.00	740	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	55.00	756	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,318	52.25	689	2thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	126.77/cwt	120.00–129.00	851	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	223	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	268	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	537	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	132.98/cwt	130.00–134.50	640	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	424	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	577	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	671	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	137.10/cwt	135.00–138.00	712	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,318	52.25/cwt	52.00–52.50	689	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	740	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	756	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,595	3

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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 2Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Due to muddy conditions and a light test no trend on market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
9	—	481	130.00–134.50	132.98
5	—	378	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	120.00–129.00	126.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	135.00–138.00	137.10
3	—	447	150.00	150.00
2	—	363	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	52.00–52.50	52.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	55.00	55.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,010	950.00	950.00

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.