Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.84/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −51.19 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$308.84

5 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.13

vs KY average

−31.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	308.84	1,730	5thin

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 sale5 hd

308.84

—

KY average27 barns · 1,541 hd

333.97

−25.13

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−31.04

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−51.19

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	124.00	1,333	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	114.00	1,226	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	311.05/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	358.68/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	352.50/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	321.98/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,916	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,226	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 May 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 67Year ago 40

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 12Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	114.00	114.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	865	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00–375.00	352.50
3	350–400	385	345.00–365.00	358.68
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	565	300.00–315.00	311.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	320.00–325.00	321.98
6	650–700	671	317.00	317.00

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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