Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-09-16

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 16
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 35 vs year ago 38 · −92.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$310.00
1 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−47.45
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520310.001,6121thin
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 sale1 hd
310.00
—
KY average25 barns · 510 hd
357.45
−47.45
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23580.009883thin

Every lot, as filed

3 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23580.00/cwt80.00–80.009883
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351

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.