Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −35.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$325.00

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−60.00

vs KY average

−85.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	325.00	1,739	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

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 sale1 hd

325.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,610 hd

385.00

−60.00

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−85.87

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−35.03

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	110.00	1,040	1thin

Every lot, as filed

5 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	Lean 85-90%	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,329	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 28Year ago 22

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	110.00	110.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
15	800–850	803	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	490.00	490.00

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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