Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.00/cwt on 5 head, up $20.52 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +29.97 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$390.00

▲ 20.52 vs prior sale

5 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.39

vs KY average

−27.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	400.00	2,036	4thin
Medium and Large 2	500	350.00	1,750	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $286 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 sale5 hd

390.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,142 hd

409.39

−19.39

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−27.11

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+29.97

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,875	190.00	3,563	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	150.49	1,878	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	145.00	1,668	1thin

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	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	2,080	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	464.46/cwt	422.50–485.00	2,239	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	245	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,036	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,563	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	150.49/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,878	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 May 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 108Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	260	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	605.00	605.00
1	400–450	410	515.00	515.00
3	450–500	482	422.50–485.00	464.46
5	600–650	629	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	515.00	515.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	402.50	402.50
3	750–800	770	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	602.50	602.50
3	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	509	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	648	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	685.00	685.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	190.00	190.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	148.00–153.00	150.49

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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