Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-09-02

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 2
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 199 vs year ago 204 · −97.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 9 · +22.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $360.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$360.00
3 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.37
vs KY average
−8.83 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2452360.001,6273thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
360.00
—
KY average25 barns · 413 hd
361.37
−1.37
National average160 barns · 5,867 hd
368.83
−8.83
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,515140.002,1211thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214128.001,5545thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average937122.331,1465thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500452360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6273
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,207130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5693
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,225125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,515140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1211
CowsLean 85-90%—1,012121.55/cwt120.00–125.001,2303
CowsLean 85-90%—740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0361
CowsLean 85-90%—910107.00/cwt107.00–107.009741

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.