Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $345.31/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −64.12 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.

Average price

$345.31

24 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−39.56

vs KY average

−63.85 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	619	345.31	2,137	24

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 sale24 hd

345.31

—

KY average22 barns · 964 hd

384.87

−39.56

National average174 barns · 25,120 hd

409.16

−63.85

This barn, trailing median2 sales

409.43

−64.12

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	1,250	145.00	1,813	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	107.50	1,035	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,300	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	308	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	809	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	390	258.80/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,009	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	379	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,320	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,570	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	345.31/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,137	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	303.14/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,070	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	344.04/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,958	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	403.70/cwt	390.50–407.00	1,716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	955	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	571	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,428	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	462	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,197	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	402	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,037	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	504	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,991	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,385	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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 30Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	145.00	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	125.00	125.00
1	—	885	90.00	90.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	262.50	262.50
4	350–400	390	255.00–260.00	258.80
17	400–450	402	258.00	258.00
14	450–500	462	259.00	259.00
5	550–600	571	250.00	250.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	490	391.00	391.00
24	600–650	619	342.00–346.00	345.31
10	700–750	703	330.00	330.00
11	750–800	765	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	545	302.50	302.50
2	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
13	650–700	683	300.00–305.00	303.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	390.50–407.00	403.70
1	450–500	490	381.00	381.00
4	550–600	569	340.00–348.00	344.04
2	650–700	683	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	738	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	880	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	504	395.00	395.00

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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