Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −29.40 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$330.63

4 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$41.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.34

vs KY average

−35.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	351.25	1,879	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	310.00	1,581	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.25/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd

330.63

—

KY average25 barns · 1,677 hd

362.97

−32.34

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−35.23

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−29.40

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

Every lot, as filed

19 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	250–300	263	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,381	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	325.32/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,398	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 108Last week 38Year ago 73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	830	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	467.50	467.50
3	350–400	385	442.50	442.50
1	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	695	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	382.50	382.50
74	700–750	737	321.00–330.00	325.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	493	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00

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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