Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-25

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
19 vs last sale 20 34 vs year ago 5 · +680.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 5 7 vs year ago 17 · 41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $335.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 74.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.
Average price
$335.00
8 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.04
vs KY average
14.44 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608335.002,0378thin
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 sale8 hd
335.00
KY average22 barns · 697 hd
341.04
−6.04
National average127 barns · 7,180 hd
349.44
−14.44
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.43
−74.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,614192.023,0984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,490170.002,5331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235165.062,0383thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,000150.001,5001thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,175$1,9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,028$1,4132thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)925$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$2,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2102,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29152,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1252,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium 1-29251,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
CowsLean 85-90%1,000150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235165.06/cwt160.00–169.002,0383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750720232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3692
Bulls1,433190.70/cwt187.50–194.002,7333
Bulls2,155196.00/cwt196.00–196.004,2241
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375341.00/cwt327.50–358.001,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,80712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650608335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0378
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium 1-28951,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435328.67/cwt310.00–335.001,4304
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4691
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,6052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4881

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.