Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $269.96/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −68.55 against this barn's trailing median of $338.51.

Average price

$269.96

45 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.06

vs KY average

−20.23 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	269.96	1,712	45

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 sale45 hd

269.96

—

KY average26 barns · 1,399 hd

280.02

−10.06

National average170 barns · 12,710 hd

290.19

−20.23

This barn, trailing median1 sales

338.51

−68.55

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%	Low	1,105	100.00	1,105	1thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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%	—	1,105	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	280.29/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	780	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,934	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,072	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,608	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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 105Last week 56Year ago 65

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 9Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	100.00	100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	312.00	312.00
4	650–700	677	270.00–291.00	280.29
1	750–800	755	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
50	750–800	780	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	268.00	268.00
3	1050–1100	1,072	171.50	171.50

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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