Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $190.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −170.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$190.00

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−146.83

vs KY average

−148.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	525	190.00	998	1thin

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 sale1 hd

190.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,468 hd

336.83

−146.83

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−148.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−170.03

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,093	142.24	1,555	2thin

Every lot, as filed

4 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	142.24/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,463	2

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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 29Year ago 72

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	135.00–150.00	142.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00

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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