Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-06-03

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 135▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 23▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.22/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$121.22
41 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$218
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.09
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3333122.504072thin
Medium and Large 1-2516121.1562539
One grade step is worth $1.35/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale41 hd
121.22
—
KY average29 barns · 5,976 hd
128.31
−7.09
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—Average2,21390.872,0112thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38868.019442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31864.658523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14552.005952thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482144.63/cwt143.00–146.506978
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3523130.00/cwt130.00–130.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528138.17/cwt138.00–140.0073012
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567127.33/cwt127.00–128.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674128.00/cwt128.00–128.008634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940106.00/cwt106.00–106.009962
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225148.00/cwt148.00–148.003331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310124.00/cwt124.00–124.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330141.75/cwt138.50–145.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393132.33/cwt132.00–133.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425129.19/cwt128.00–130.005498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497121.00/cwt121.00–121.006012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528123.19/cwt120.00–124.0065010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582110.58/cwt109.00–112.006447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658105.00/cwt105.00–105.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2777100.00/cwt100.00–100.007773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320148.00/cwt148.00–148.004741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417155.50/cwt155.50–155.506482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475141.00/cwt141.00–141.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573124.26/cwt120.00–131.007125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2682115.00/cwt115.00–115.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745104.00/cwt104.00–104.007751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,21390.87/cwt90.00–92.002,0112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92045.50/cwt45.50–45.504191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31864.65/cwt61.00–67.508523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37058.50/cwt58.50–58.508011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38868.01/cwt67.50–68.509442
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070855.00/cwt855.00–855.009,1491
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,285753.22/cwt695.00–800.009,6792

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.