Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: All classes were steady on a lite test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.00/cwt on 4 head, up $11.45 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −32.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$435.00

▲ 11.45 vs prior sale

4 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.44

vs KY average

−4.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	435.00	2,266	4thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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 sale4 hd

435.00

—

KY average27 barns · 731 hd

452.44

−17.44

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

−4.15

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−32.50

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	1,497	140.00	2,096	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	412.25/cwt	412.25–412.25	2,577	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	366.65/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,930	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,497	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	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 Jul 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 54Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year ago 10

Compared to last Wednesday: All classes were steady on a lite test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	625	412.25	412.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
4	500–550	521	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	647	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	635	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	775	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	568	360.00–370.00	366.65
1	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	525	362.50	362.50
1	550–600	580	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	735	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,497	140.00	140.00

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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