Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.48/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +9.45 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$369.48

19 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.26

vs KY average

−53.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	370.56	2,029	18thin
Medium and Large 2	515	350.00	1,803	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale19 hd

369.48

—

KY average26 barns · 1,920 hd

419.74

−50.26

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−53.71

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+9.45

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	1,195	177.50	2,121	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,170	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,165	1
Bulls	—	—	1,220	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	485.54/cwt	470.00–493.00	1,646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	363.01/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,018	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,333	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,961	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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52Last week 34Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,220	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	474.00	474.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
9	300–350	339	470.00–493.00	485.54
1	350–400	390	477.50	477.50
2	400–450	420	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	537	380.00	380.00
10	550–600	556	360.00–370.00	363.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	530.00	530.00
5	400–450	438	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	529	441.00	441.00
2	550–600	570	421.00	421.00
2	600–650	605	412.50	412.50

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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