Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-08

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 8
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 77▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 21▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.32/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$127.32
85 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.59
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2662127.3284385
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 sale85 hd
127.32
—
KY average24 barns · 4,575 hd
137.91
−10.59
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—Low1,76569.501,2271thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average82055.504551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07546.004951thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527139.47/cwt136.00–145.007355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609127.50/cwt127.50–127.507765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675126.50/cwt126.50–126.5085475
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485129.50/cwt129.50–129.506283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603100.00/cwt100.00–100.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-265594.00/cwt94.00–94.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276791.34/cwt90.50–93.007016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292589.00/cwt89.00–89.008231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445143.00/cwt143.00–143.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2492137.00/cwt137.00–137.006743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650110.50/cwt110.50–110.507181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76569.50/cwt69.50–69.501,2271
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%82055.50/cwt55.50–55.504551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07546.00/cwt46.00–46.004951

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.