Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.42/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −86.60 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$273.42

8 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$433

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$104.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.47

vs KY average

−30.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	526	286.49	1,507	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	182.00	1,074	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.49/cwt here — about $433 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale8 hd

273.42

—

KY average21 barns · 1,370 hd

282.89

−9.47

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−30.61

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−86.60

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	115.04	1,473	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	106.00	1,081	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	120.00	1,500	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,081	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	119.56/cwt	111.50–126.50	1,614	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	680	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	320.27/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,574	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	220	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	292.90/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	297.68/cwt	297.00–298.00	1,274	3

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 3Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	111.50–126.50	119.56
1	—	1,140	106.00	106.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	680	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	430	305.00–327.50	320.27
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	583	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	580	218.00	218.00
1	850–900	875	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	315	352.50	352.50
1	400–450	420	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	268.00	268.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	182.00	182.00
1	700–750	710	160.00	160.00
1	850–900	855	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	297.00–298.00	297.68
1	550–600	555	248.00	248.00
3	600–650	607	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	685	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	725	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	521	290.00–299.00	292.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,600.00	1,600.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

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