Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
77 vs last sale 108 22 vs year ago 53 · 41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 8 · 37.5%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $338.32/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$338.32
3 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.74
vs KY average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2604338.322,0433thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
338.32
KY average26 barns · 391 hd
314.58
+23.74
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
BullsAverage1,800190.003,4201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,348141.341,9054thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,348141.34/cwt140.00–146.001,9054
Bulls1,800190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,4201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400399415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750733300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1997
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650604338.32/cwt325.00–345.002,0433
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450418410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800798280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350300437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,3131

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.