Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −18.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$342.00

3 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.69

vs KY average

−8.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	342.00	1,785	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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $369.48, low $342.95, median $360.03 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

342.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,248 hd

357.69

−15.69

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−8.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−18.03

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	200.00	2,470	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,841	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,218	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	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 Aug 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 25Year ago 39

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	372.00	372.00
5	600–650	616	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	608	310.00	310.00
8	650–700	693	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	200.00	200.00

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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