Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.00/cwt on 1 head, down $22.95 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −40.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$320.00

▼ 22.95 vs prior sale

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.19

vs KY average

−30.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	320.00	1,792	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

320.00

—

KY average28 barns · 650 hd

358.19

−38.19

National average81 barns · 2,697 hd

350.43

−30.43

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−40.03

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	1,170	195.00	2,282	1thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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 1-2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	4
Bulls	—	—	1,170	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,282	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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 29Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
14	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	195.00	195.00

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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