Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-16

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 16
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
37 vs last sale 49 57 vs year ago 69 · 82.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 8 vs year ago 2 · +400.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 79.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.
Average price
$330.00
3 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.86
vs KY average
20.06 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2662330.002,1853thin
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 sale3 hd
330.00
KY average24 barns · 947 hd
349.86
−19.86
National average144 barns · 7,214 hd
350.06
−20.06
This barn, trailing median2 sales
409.43
−79.43
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608157.072,5263thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206156.661,8895thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average853120.001,0232thin

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)1,305$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,335$1,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,5251thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,608157.07/cwt152.00–162.002,5263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220160.83/cwt160.00–163.001,9624
CowsLean 85-90%960140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3051,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850825299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,4671
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6101
CowsLean 85-90%745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,7021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736306.50/cwt306.50–306.502,2564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9002
Bred CowsMedium 1-28751,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.