Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −95.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$265.00

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.99

vs KY average

−40.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	265.00	1,418	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

265.00

—

KY average27 barns · 2,233 hd

287.99

−22.99

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−40.02

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−95.03

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	1,480	124.00	1,835	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	850	68.99	586	3thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	250–300	265	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,145	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	68.99/cwt	66.00–70.00	586	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17Last week 15Year ago 37

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	376.00	376.00
1	300–350	330	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	468	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	365	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	332.50	332.50
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	745	219.00	219.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	66.00–70.00	68.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	124.00	124.00

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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