Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 11
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
7 head
11 vs last sale 18 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$340.00
1 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
66.99
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580340.001,9721thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
340.00
KY average23 barns · 274 hd
406.99
−66.99
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,150110.001,2652thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750748330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450410500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8251

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.