Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.49/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −39.53 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$320.49

11 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−27.26

vs KY average

−57.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	320.49	1,764	11thin

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 sale11 hd

320.49

—

KY average27 barns · 1,801 hd

347.75

−27.26

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−57.47

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−39.53

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	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	985	50.00	493	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	465	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	330.43/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,055	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	443	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	333.35/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	323.12/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	318.30/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	493	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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 166Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	465	357.50	357.50
3	500–550	535	367.00	367.00
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	380	337.50	337.50
3	400–450	423	330.00–335.00	333.35
5	500–550	510	310.00–332.00	323.12
6	550–600	584	310.00–320.00	318.30
6	600–650	633	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	570	357.50	357.50
3	600–650	622	325.00–333.00	330.43
2	650–700	650	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	50.00	50.00

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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