Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-04-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 15
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
8 head
191 vs last sale 199 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 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 $470.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$470.00
3 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.65
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517470.002,4303thin
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 sale3 hd
470.00
KY average27 barns · 615 hd
456.35
+13.65
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,524167.562,5544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,268145.001,8392thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low875110.009631thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,835$3,4501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$2,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700675370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800765335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550517470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650645320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,8353,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503175.11/cwt170.00–180.002,6322
CowsLean 85-90%875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631

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.