Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-09-23

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 23
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 3▼ 79 vs year ago 108 · −73.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $290.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$290.00
4 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−66.66
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2518300.001,5542thin
Medium and Large 3520280.001,4562thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $98 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
290.00
—
KY average25 barns · 469 hd
356.66
−66.66
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%Low1,565135.002,1131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,233123.501,5222thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,080101.061,0925thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 3500–550520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4562
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6252
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5542
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550518410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1243
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18570.00/cwt70.00–70.008301
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,185115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3631
CowsLean 85-90%—1,077101.76/cwt90.00–110.001,0963
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,565135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,280132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,6901
CowsLean 85-90%—985130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542358.56/cwt350.00–360.001,9437
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615293.33/cwt290.00–300.001,8043
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721

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.