Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −80.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$280.00

1 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.93

vs KY average

−17.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	280.00	1,442	1thin

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 sale1 hd

280.00

—

KY average25 barns · 941 hd

271.07

+8.93

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−17.00

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−80.03

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	105.00	1,535	2thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,462	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	266.43/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,075	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	550–600	552	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,408	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	500–550	509	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,298	12

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

Thu Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 50Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,462	105.00	105.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	251.00	251.00
1	350–400	390	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	420	254.00–278.00	266.43
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	231.00	231.00
3	1000–1050	1,000	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	509	255.00	255.00
24	550–600	552	255.00	255.00

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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