Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.13/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −51.90 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$308.13

4 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.05

vs KY average

−48.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	320.00	1,658	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	272.50	1,444	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

308.13

—

KY average25 barns · 1,369 hd

331.17

−23.05

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−48.76

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−51.90

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	2,335	135.00	3,152	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	112.32	1,200	2thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	300–350	330	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	345.71/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,480	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	354.42/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,357	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	3,152	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,200	2

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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 43Last week 30Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	392.50	392.50
9	350–400	383	352.50–355.00	354.42
1	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	530	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	337.50	337.50
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
8	400–450	428	315.00–350.00	345.71
3	500–550	518	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	272.50	272.50
2	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	890	202.00	202.00
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,335	135.00	135.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	110.00–115.00	112.32

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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