Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $492.00/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$492.00

4 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.79

vs KY average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	463	492.00	2,276	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

492.00

—

KY average25 barns · 757 hd

508.79

−16.79

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	146.96	1,852	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	875	122.91	1,075	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,145	190.00	2,176	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	146.96/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,852	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,176	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	122.91/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	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 Mar 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 18Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	140.00–155.00	146.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	120.00–125.00	122.91
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	190.00	190.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	447.50	447.50
3	300–350	338	467.50	467.50
2	350–400	373	457.50	457.50
3	400–450	407	452.50	452.50
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
1	900–950	905	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	985	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	510.00	510.00
3	250–300	277	655.00	655.00
6	300–350	319	655.00	655.00
1	350–400	365	530.00	530.00
2	400–450	440	494.00	494.00
2	450–500	485	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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