Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $324.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −85.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.

Average price

$324.00

5 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.49

vs KY average

−26.01 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	324.00	1,976	5thin

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 sale5 hd

324.00

—

KY average22 barns · 694 hd

344.49

−20.49

National average154 barns · 7,619 hd

350.01

−26.01

This barn, trailing median2 sales

409.43

−85.43

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	1,700	190.00	3,230	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	135.40	1,864	3thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,976	5
Bulls	—	—	1,700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,230	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	150.60/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,935	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,638	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 Jun 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 7Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	635	282.00	282.00
2	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	610	324.00	324.00
2	750–800	763	304.00	304.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	190.00	190.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	147.00–154.00	150.60
1	—	1,560	105.00	105.00

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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