Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $301.00/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −59.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$301.00

29 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.82

vs KY average

−20.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	301.00	1,580	29

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 sale29 hd

301.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,547 hd

304.82

−3.82

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−20.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−59.03

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,405	140.00	1,967	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,432	135.53	1,941	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	133.04	1,314	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2Fancy	300–350	303	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,827	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	133.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,910	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	2
Bulls	—	—	1,405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,967	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	133.54/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,761	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	348.40/cwt	345.00–349.00	1,777	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,856	22

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 105Year ago 40

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	303	397.50	397.50
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	550	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	358.50	358.50
1	600–650	630	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	525	301.00	301.00
15	600–650	620	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	342.50	342.50
2	250–300	283	340.00	340.00
3	300–350	312	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	357.50	357.50
12	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	637	265.50	265.50
1	850–900	850	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	570	301.00	301.00
16	650–700	682	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	510	345.00–349.00	348.40
22	550–600	560	331.50	331.50
2	650–700	658	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	139.50	139.50
2	—	1,493	133.00–134.00	133.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	130.00–136.00	133.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	140.00	140.00

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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