Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-09-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 10
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
193 vs last sale 204 48 vs year ago 59 · 81.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 9 3 vs year ago 5 · +60.0%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$332.00
2 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
23.84
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588332.001,9522thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
332.00
KY average24 barns · 947 hd
355.84
−23.84
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
BullsLow1,735170.002,9501thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,346137.801,8554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,658133.602,2152thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,075101.001,0861thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,075101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0861
Bulls1,735170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,9501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,658133.60/cwt132.00–135.002,2152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,346137.80/cwt135.00–140.001,8554
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650618250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600588332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231

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.