Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −107.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$360.00

3 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.45

vs KY average

−21.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	360.00	2,027	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

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 sale3 hd

360.00

—

KY average25 barns · 391 hd

372.45

−12.45

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−21.68

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−107.50

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,855	134.00	2,486	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,185	115.00	1,363	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	857	110.00	942	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	800	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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%	—	1,165	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,223	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,261	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,486	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,543	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,862	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,623	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	800	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 7Year ago 19

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,205	125.00	125.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	100.00	100.00
1	—	970	130.00	130.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	134.00	134.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	407.00	407.00
3	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
9	850–900	871	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	349.00	349.00
5	550–600	595	313.00	313.00
4	650–700	665	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,450.00	1,450.00

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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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

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Feeder Cattle

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