Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −90.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$270.00

2 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−73.36

vs KY average

−100.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	595	270.00	1,607	2thin

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 sale2 hd

270.00

—

KY average20 barns · 1,093 hd

343.36

−73.36

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−100.45

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−90.03

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,040	183.00	3,733	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,185	80.00	948	1thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	303	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	750	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,081	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	601	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,620	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	373	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,371	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	468	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,533	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	532	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,516	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	635	239.57/cwt	215.00–247.50	1,521	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	745	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,732	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	415	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	530	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,108	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	665	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,357	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	600–650	627	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,768	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	650–700	683	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,882	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,733	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	948	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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 43Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	485	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	647	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	660	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	269.50	269.50
4	750–800	750	277.50	277.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	367.50	367.50
2	400–450	415	357.50	357.50
6	450–500	468	327.50	327.50
6	500–550	532	285.00	285.00
8	600–650	635	215.00–247.50	239.57
1	700–750	745	232.50	232.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	627	282.00	282.00
41	650–700	683	275.50	275.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	209.00	209.00
5	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	665	204.00	204.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	183.00	183.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	80.00	80.00

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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