Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.50/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −109.00 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$358.50

7 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.61

vs KY average

−20.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	358.50	1,968	7thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale7 hd

358.50

—

KY average18 barns · 626 hd

366.11

−7.61

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−20.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−109.00

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	—	Low	1,747	182.43	3,188	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,805	166.00	2,996	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,095	157.00	1,719	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	548	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,968	7
Bulls	—	—	1,400	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,492	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,996	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	183.91/cwt	180.00–187.00	3,426	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	381.74/cwt	378.50–400.00	1,840	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 39Year ago 39

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	378.50–400.00	381.74
7	500–550	549	358.50	358.50
1	600–650	630	320.50	320.50
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	855	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	291.00	291.00
1	450–500	495	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	266.00	266.00
1	700–750	740	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	605	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	805	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	456	359.00	359.00
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	276.00	276.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	178.00	178.00
3	—	1,863	180.00–187.00	183.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	157.00	157.00

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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