Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −15.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$345.00

1 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.88

vs KY average

−14.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	345.00	1,742	1thin

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 sale1 hd

345.00

—

KY average25 barns · 880 hd

353.88

−8.88

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−14.80

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−15.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,570	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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 1-2Fancy	700–750	730	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,209	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	859	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,517	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	630	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,570	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	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 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 20Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	310.50	310.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
1	950–1000	955	275.50	275.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	345.00	345.00
10	650–700	684	323.00	323.00
2	700–750	728	309.50	309.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	859	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	870	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,570	3,050.00	3,050.00

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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