Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-03-16

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 63▲ 41 vs year ago 70 · +58.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 2▼ 5 vs year ago 11 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend on market due to limited comparable receipts, but a sharply higher undertone was noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.46/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$159.46
30 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.71
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530164.6587225
Medium and Large 2-3540133.507215thin
One grade step is worth $31.15/cwt here — about $151 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 sale30 hd
159.46
—
KY average25 barns · 4,237 hd
157.75
+1.71
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—Average1,70583.001,4152thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low92435.373273thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3250157.50/cwt157.50–157.503941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279191.85/cwt190.00–197.505354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423185.50/cwt185.50–185.507854
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3473120.00/cwt120.00–120.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527155.99/cwt152.00–160.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575158.50/cwt158.50–158.509116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600154.50/cwt154.50–154.509274
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3753135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2827138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250172.00/cwt170.00–174.004302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411158.29/cwt151.00–161.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470150.31/cwt145.00–155.007067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518150.61/cwt148.00–153.007808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560133.50/cwt133.50–133.507482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635125.50/cwt125.50–125.507971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673121.00/cwt121.00–121.008142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280594.00/cwt94.00–94.007571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393184.00/cwt184.00–184.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428171.00/cwt171.00–171.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453172.00/cwt172.00–172.007793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534160.36/cwt160.00–160.5085611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573153.00/cwt153.00–153.008772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610143.50/cwt143.50–143.508751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717117.98/cwt117.00–120.008463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0561
Bulls——2,09086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,7971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87338.06/cwt36.00–40.003322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02530.00/cwt30.00–30.003081

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.