Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.00/cwt on 1 head, up $30.52 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +39.97 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$400.00

▲ 30.52 vs prior sale

1 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.93

vs KY average

−24.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	400.00	2,040	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

400.00

—

KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd

415.93

−15.93

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−24.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+39.97

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	1,150	161.79	1,861	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,775	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	161.79/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,861	2

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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13Last week 60Year ago 29

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	455.00	455.00
2	700–750	718	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	385	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	510	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	440.00	440.00
1	650–700	680	390.00	390.00
1	750–800	795	349.00	349.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	160.00–164.00	161.79

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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