Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −111.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$249.00

2 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.49

vs KY average

−56.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	249.00	1,280	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $369.48, low $342.95, median $360.03 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

249.00

—

KY average10 barns · 509 hd

271.49

−22.49

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−56.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−111.03

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	100.00	1,660	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	100.00	1,400	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	785	40.00	314	1thin

Every lot, as filed

5 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	314	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,280	2

How this sale compares

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Wed Jan 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 23Year ago 39

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	100.00	100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	514	249.00	249.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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