Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.67/cwt on 3 head, down $18.36 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −18.36 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$341.67

▼ 18.36 vs prior sale

3 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$57.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.26

vs KY average

−18.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	380.00	2,052	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	322.50	1,709	2thin

One grade step is worth $57.50/cwt here — about $343 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale3 hd

341.67

—

KY average26 barns · 590 hd

366.92

−25.26

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−18.85

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−18.36

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	2,150	210.00	4,515	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	140.00	1,911	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	109.42	1,218	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	525	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	109.42/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,218	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,911	1
Bulls	—	—	2,150	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 23Year ago 25

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	489	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	100.00–116.00	109.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,150	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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