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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 14

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 23▼ 6 vs year ago 30 · −20.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 7 vs year ago 3 · +233.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$330.00

1 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.86

vs KY average

−85.50 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	465	330.00	1,535	1thin

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 sale1 hd

330.00

—

KY average27 barns · 772 hd

367.86

−37.86

National average193 barns · 17,183 hd

415.50

−85.50

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	115.00	1,249	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,560	90.00	1,404	1thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,237	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,859	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,249	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,404	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 Oct 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 23Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 6Year ago 3

No comparison due to limited supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,086	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	90.00	90.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
16	1050–1100	1,065	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	520	357.50	357.50
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00

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.