Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2023-05-24

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 90▼ 7 vs year ago 41 · −17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 5▲ 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.58/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$189.58
12 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,175
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−12.65
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620189.581,17512thin
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 sale12 hd
189.58
—
KY average25 barns · 6,180 hd
202.23
−12.65
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215105.251,2792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,520100.001,5203thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95585.008121thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300246.00/cwt246.00–246.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,5561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630185.00/cwt183.00–187.001,1662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450207.00/cwt207.00–207.009321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,1384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650186.75/cwt186.75–186.751,2141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1201
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3567136.00/cwt136.00–136.007715
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95585.00/cwt85.00–85.008121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5203

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.