Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −62.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$298.00

5 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$598

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$110.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−56.19

vs KY average

−61.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	320.00	1,795	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	210.00	1,197	1thin

One grade step is worth $110.00/cwt here — about $598 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale5 hd

298.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,265 hd

354.19

−56.19

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−61.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−62.03

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,690	185.00	3,127	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	125.00	1,519	2thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	750–800	753	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	180	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,690	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,127	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Steers	Large 3	450–500	485	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	347.56/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 11Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year 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	150–200	180	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	668	285.00	285.00
2	750–800	753	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	810	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	442	340.00–355.00	347.56
2	450–500	498	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	561	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,195	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	185.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,125.00	1,125.00

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

Heifers · 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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Slaughter Cattle

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