Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 50▼ 286 vs year ago 309 · −92.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 3▲ 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts to light to test market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $159.60/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$159.60
10 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542169.889218thin
Medium and Large 2-3655118.507762thin
One grade step is worth $51.38/cwt here — about $145 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 sale10 hd
159.60
—
KY average24 barns · 1,835 hd
157.75
+1.85
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—Low1,30095.021,2352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15070.008051thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35066.008911thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13959.776814thin

Every lot

19 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 2-3480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448162.00/cwt162.00–162.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493156.00/cwt156.00–156.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570149.00/cwt149.00–149.008491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710131.00/cwt131.00–131.009301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360185.00/cwt185.00–185.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460175.00/cwt175.00–175.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3510147.00/cwt147.00–147.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512176.00/cwt176.00–176.009013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,30095.02/cwt90.00–98.501,2352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05050.00/cwt50.00–50.005252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15070.00/cwt70.00–70.008051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22869.53/cwt68.00–71.008542
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35066.00/cwt66.00–66.008911

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.