Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.63/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −55.40 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$304.63

3 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.89

vs KY average

−29.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	304.63	1,691	3thin

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 sale3 hd

304.63

—

KY average25 barns · 1,129 hd

335.52

−30.89

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−29.48

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−55.40

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	1,252	130.71	1,637	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,493	200.00	2,986	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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%	—	1,340	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,903	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,493	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	297.44/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	360.52/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,918	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	125.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	321.54/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,050	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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 14Year ago 28

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,208	120.00–130.00	125.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	200.00	200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	505	319.00	319.00
2	550–600	580	294.00–301.00	297.44
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
6	650–700	678	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	532	356.00–370.00	360.52
1	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	309.00–335.00	321.54
1	700–750	740	277.00	277.00

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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