Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 10
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 110▼ 33 vs year ago 54 · −61.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to severe winter weather and light test no trend on the market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.33/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$137.33
3 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.61
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415137.335703thin
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 sale3 hd
137.33
—
KY average26 barns · 1,309 hd
125.73
+11.61
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—Low1,91079.501,5182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63659.739775thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11135.503941thin

Every lot

7 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,1831
Bulls——2,21085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11135.50/cwt35.50–35.503941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63659.73/cwt58.50–60.009775

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.