Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −147.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$320.00

1 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−71.93

vs KY average

−149.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	575	320.00	1,840	1thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale1 hd

320.00

—

KY average23 barns · 767 hd

391.93

−71.93

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−149.04

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−147.50

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	—	Low	1,365	150.00	2,048	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	855	100.00	855	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,013	1
Bulls	—	—	1,365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,048	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,581	8

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 14Year ago 103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	530	322.50	322.50
1	600–650	605	343.00	343.00
1	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	500	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	653	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	610	387.50	387.50
8	700–750	721	358.00	358.00
3	750–800	750	347.50	347.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	100.00	100.00

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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