Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −30.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$330.00

6 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.56

vs KY average

−54.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	330.00	1,865	6thin

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 sale6 hd

330.00

—

KY average24 barns · 874 hd

345.56

−15.56

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−54.39

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−30.03

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	151.00	1,827	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	105.00	1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 31Year ago 74

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	151.00	151.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	401.00	401.00
1	550–600	575	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

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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