Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.00/cwt on 1 head, down $19.48 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −10.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$350.00

▼ 19.48 vs prior sale

1 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−69.72

vs KY average

−72.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	350.00	1,995	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

350.00

—

KY average27 barns · 1,284 hd

419.72

−69.72

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−72.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−10.03

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	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	163.40	2,032	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	155.00	1,434	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	925	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,434	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	173.76/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,186	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	163.89/cwt	153.00–180.00	1,972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	339.48/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,577	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	445.06/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,936	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	758	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,000	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 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 60Last week 8Year ago 23

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,258	170.00–180.00	173.76
4	—	1,203	153.00–180.00	163.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	750–800	759	339.00–340.00	339.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	435	440.00–450.00	445.06
2	750–800	758	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	460	480.00	480.00
1	550–600	595	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00

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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