Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −137.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$330.00

3 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.18

vs KY average

−10.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	330.00	1,822	3thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale3 hd

330.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,392 hd

317.82

+12.18

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−10.94

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−137.50

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,535	147.00	3,726	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	120.00	1,438	6thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,822	3
Bulls	—	—	2,535	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	3,726	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,438	6

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22Last week 48Year ago 16

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	351.00	351.00
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,535	147.00	147.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	120.00	120.00

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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