Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −60.28 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$299.75

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−26.69

vs KY average

−32.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	299.75	1,656	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

299.75

—

KY average17 barns · 782 hd

326.44

−26.69

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−32.94

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−60.28

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	1,140	159.00	1,813	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,348	155.00	2,089	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	145.02	1,341	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	144.00	2,304	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,734	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,089	2
Bulls	—	—	1,140	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	145.02/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,341	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	375.67/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,352	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,831	5

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 25Year ago 70

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 2Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	425.00	425.00
1	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	434.00	434.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	402.50	402.50
4	350–400	360	375.00–377.50	375.67
1	500–550	535	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	570	272.50	272.50
1	700–750	730	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	416.00	416.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	155.00	155.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	139.00–153.00	145.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	144.00	144.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	159.00	159.00

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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