Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-30

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 30
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
6 vs last sale 23 89 vs year ago 118 · 75.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
7 vs last sale 11 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $306.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$306.00
1 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.74
vs KY average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2620306.001,8971thin
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 sale1 hd
306.00
KY average24 barns · 388 hd
304.26
+1.74
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,545144.502,2331thin
CowsLean 85-90%High850133.001,1311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,060130.001,3781thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,105$1,5622thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,545144.50/cwt144.50–144.502,2331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478322.57/cwt320.00–325.001,5424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450439340.16/cwt324.00–348.001,4933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2341
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,561.82/head1,525.00–1,600.001,5622
CowsLean 85-90%850133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,060130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400378417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,5766
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500461400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8445
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450415351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,4573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650620306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,8971

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.