Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-06-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 41▲ 39 vs year ago 30 · +130.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 5▲ 18 vs year ago 4 · +450.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to lack of comparable receipts no trend on market this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.94/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$147.94
31 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.78
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606148.2589829
Medium and Large 2-3530143.507612thin
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $138 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 sale31 hd
147.94
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KY average18 barns · 1,106 hd
151.72
−3.78
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—Average1,973105.372,0792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52482.541,25810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28181.221,0404thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15261.307066thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592156.00/cwt156.00–156.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690128.00/cwt128.00–128.008831
Steers—Medium and Large 2-380590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370154.00/cwt154.00–154.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430154.00/cwt154.00–154.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504148.83/cwt145.00–149.507507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587145.00/cwt145.00–145.0085110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380179.00/cwt179.00–179.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458183.00/cwt183.00–183.008383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536161.00/cwt161.00–161.008636
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570143.00/cwt143.00–143.008151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575153.50/cwt153.50–153.508837
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675134.00/cwt134.00–134.009054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717124.75/cwt124.75–124.758945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295896.00/cwt96.00–96.009202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,973105.37/cwt101.50–108.502,0792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07957.79/cwt50.50–62.506244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28181.22/cwt77.50–84.501,0404
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29868.32/cwt63.00–74.008872
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52482.54/cwt77.00–86.001,25810

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.