Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-08-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
22 vs last sale 25 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
8 vs last sale 4 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $307.86/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$307.86
2 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
74.25
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3568307.861,7492thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
307.86
KY average26 barns · 386 hd
382.11
−74.25
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,925212.004,0813thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,302140.001,8232thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,007110.001,1087thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500466360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6783
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,1441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600593390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3138
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400381383.13/cwt360.00–390.001,4607
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600568307.86/cwt280.00–335.001,7492
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8383
CowsLean 85-90%1,007110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1087
CowsBoner 80-85%1,302140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8232
Bulls1,925212.00/cwt212.00–212.004,0813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650632330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675322.45/cwt320.00–325.002,1774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950910220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450410400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350325445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4461

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.