Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $290.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −48.51 against this barn's trailing median of $338.51.

Average price

$290.00

2 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.28

vs KY average

−38.47 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	638	290.00	1,850	2thin

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 sale2 hd

290.00

—

KY average24 barns · 714 hd

311.28

−21.28

National average140 barns · 5,539 hd

328.47

−38.47

This barn, trailing median1 sales

338.51

−48.51

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	1,460	175.00	2,555	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	114.77	1,475	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	113.00	1,220	1thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Bulls	—	—	1,460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,555	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	114.77/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,475	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,220	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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 10Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	110.00–125.00	114.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	113.00	113.00

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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