Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2020-06-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 99▲ 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 2 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 unevenly steady. Receipts to light to test slaughter cattle 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 $120.52/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$120.52
62 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.40
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573120.7769260
Medium and Large 2-3518113.005852thin
One grade step is worth $7.77/cwt here — about $107 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 sale62 hd
120.52
—
KY average26 barns · 5,911 hd
128.91
−8.40
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—Average1,74590.501,5791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13563.007151thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23843.975443thin

Every lot

38 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 2-3295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370154.00/cwt154.00–154.005703
Steers—Medium and Large 3390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425148.00/cwt148.00–148.006291
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522135.00/cwt135.00–135.007055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586129.99/cwt128.00–130.507625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657120.00/cwt120.00–120.007885
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265143.00/cwt143.00–143.003791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380124.00/cwt124.00–124.004711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.0058115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530118.29/cwt115.00–120.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558124.00/cwt124.00–124.006926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619123.16/cwt120.00–123.7576213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655102.00/cwt102.00–102.006681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663105.00/cwt105.00–105.006967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271798.00/cwt98.00–98.007036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added846105.00/cwt105.00–105.008885
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335163.00/cwt163.00–163.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370159.00/cwt159.00–159.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433149.00/cwt149.00–149.006452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472141.21/cwt138.00–142.506677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534133.03/cwt132.50–133.5071013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3539119.50/cwt119.50–119.506444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585119.24/cwt119.00–120.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650115.00/cwt115.00–115.0074810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2722112.00/cwt112.00–112.008095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280096.00/cwt96.00–96.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288593.00/cwt93.00–93.008231
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 355586.50/cwt86.50–86.504806
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,74590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,5791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13563.00/cwt63.00–63.007151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23843.97/cwt42.00–47.005443
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,525865.00/cwt865.00–865.0013,1911

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.