Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 10
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 29▼ 126 vs year ago 165 · −76.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 3 vs year ago 4 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on a light test. Good demand for feeder classes this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $207.05/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$207.05
10 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−20.18
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2673207.051,39410thin
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 sale10 hd
207.05
—
KY average26 barns · 10,444 hd
227.23
−20.18
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%Very Low1,12560.506811thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$8451thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,4657
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459199.39/cwt186.00–204.009154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530198.45/cwt193.00–204.001,0522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355222.00/cwt222.00–222.007881
Bulls—Medium 1-2515185.00/cwt185.00–185.009532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645187.69/cwt181.00–191.001,2113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,3571
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3285130.50/cwt130.50–130.503725
Dairy Steers—Large 3341131.50/cwt131.50–131.504487
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12560.50/cwt60.50–60.506811
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200845.00/head845.00–845.008451

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.