Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
51 vs last sale 101 49 vs year ago 99 · 49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
34 vs last sale 37 2 vs year ago 5 · 40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 3 · 33.3%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $265.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$265.00
2 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,484
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.97
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560265.001,4842thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
265.00
KY average24 barns · 840 hd
284.97
−19.97
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%Average1,227118.961,4603thin

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
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)898$1,5382thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,7881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,158112.94/cwt110.00–116.001,3082
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350305177.00/cwt177.00–177.005401
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350348330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1483
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265320.00/cwt320.00–320.008481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28981,537.95/head1,375.00–1,675.001,5382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370265.00/cwt265.00–265.009811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435227.50/cwt227.50–227.509901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4572
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400388326.11/cwt315.00–337.501,2654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800786220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450445322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4355
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4842
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700685239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387310.09/cwt300.00–315.001,2003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2584
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350345342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3911

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.