Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −97.53 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$262.50

2 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.84

vs KY average

−52.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	267.50	1,511	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	257.50	1,326	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale2 hd

262.50

—

KY average25 barns · 1,525 hd

297.34

−34.84

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−52.46

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−97.53

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	1,880	154.63	2,907	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,820	135.50	2,466	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	123.50	1,505	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	973	111.00	1,079	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	990	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,880	154.63/cwt	150.50–158.50	2,907	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,347	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,820	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	2,466	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,107	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,035	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	316.40/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,202	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	260.76/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	743	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	317.55/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	951	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	336.16/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,553	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,332	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	590	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,326	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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 17Year ago 25

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 4Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,880	150.50–158.50	154.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,360	136.50	136.50
1	—	1,200	111.00	111.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	135.50	135.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,045	99.00	99.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	380	312.50–320.00	316.40
1	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	565	267.50	267.50
5	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
3	750–800	770	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	800	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	743	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	515	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	380	322.50	322.50
7	450–500	462	330.00–344.00	336.16
4	650–700	667	245.00–266.00	260.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	520	310.00–320.00	317.55
1	550–600	550	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	604	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	250.00	250.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	1,825.00	1,825.00

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

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