Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 20
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 74▼ 89 vs year ago 125 · −71.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 10 vs year ago 14 · −71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market due to light receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.38/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$140.38
17 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544140.3876317thin
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 sale17 hd
140.38
—
KY average26 barns · 2,450 hd
131.31
+9.07
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—Average1,84075.501,3891thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01937.483824thin

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383120.00/cwt120.00–120.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442138.00/cwt138.00–138.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508141.50/cwt141.50–141.507196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613125.00/cwt125.00–125.007663
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2506143.91/cwt137.00–145.0072812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575136.50/cwt136.50–136.507851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008653
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84075.50/cwt75.50–75.501,3891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92233.81/cwt32.50–34.503123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31048.50/cwt48.50–48.506351

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.