Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −129.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.

Average price

$280.00

4 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.19

vs KY average

−39.03 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	656	280.00	1,837	4thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

280.00

—

KY average20 barns · 779 hd

290.19

−10.19

National average176 barns · 21,172 hd

319.03

−39.03

This barn, trailing median2 sales

409.43

−129.43

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	1,215	140.00	1,701	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	104.00	1,019	2thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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 1-2	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,837	4
Bulls	—	—	1,215	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,701	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,103	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	923	1

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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15Last week 50Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	445	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
4	650–700	656	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,025	90.00	90.00

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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