Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-26

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 26
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 84▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 2▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.06/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$137.06
16 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.00
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502137.0668716thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
137.06
—
KY average28 barns · 6,664 hd
132.07
+5.00
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82056.501,0281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,31331.124093thin

Every lot

13 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 1-2410154.00/cwt154.00–154.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452156.00/cwt156.00–156.007053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580139.50/cwt139.50–139.508091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468145.00/cwt145.00–145.006795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565132.80/cwt125.00–135.007505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21042.50/cwt42.50–42.505141
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36525.43/cwt22.00–30.003472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82056.50/cwt56.50–56.501,0281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,400975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,6501

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.