Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −40.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$320.00

2 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.68

vs KY average

−9.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	320.00	1,648	2thin

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 sale2 hd

320.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,445 hd

320.68

−0.68

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−9.95

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−40.03

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	1,725	157.20	2,712	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	133.50	2,049	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	132.69	1,629	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	818	103.95	850	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,365	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	200–250	205	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	257.30/cwt	244.00–271.00	1,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,216	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	132.69/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,629	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	2,049	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	103.95/cwt	103.00–105.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	157.20/cwt	150.00–161.50	2,712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,994	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 54Year ago 41

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 21Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 16Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	320	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	428	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	750	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	465	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	660	244.00–271.00	257.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	402.50	402.50
1	400–450	435	399.00	399.00
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	353.00	353.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	2,750.00	2,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,228	128.00–137.00	132.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	133.50	133.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	103.00–105.00	103.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	150.00–161.50	157.20

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle