Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-01

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 41▼ 47 vs year ago 165 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.08/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −102.94 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$257.08
29 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,452
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.60
vs KY average
−11.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565257.081,45229
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 sale29 hd
257.08
—
KY average27 barns · 1,467 hd
262.68
−5.60
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−11.30
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−102.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
383365347329median 360.0304/0104/0107/0808/1208/12
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.

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%Average1,290113.451,4642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,490113.001,6841thin

Every lot

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430322.26/cwt321.00–322.501,3866
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5377
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8388
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240250.00/cwt250.00–250.006001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355277.67/cwt274.00–285.009863
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440260.43/cwt255.00–263.001,1463
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2905
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4084
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515253.17/cwt249.00–260.001,3043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583253.45/cwt240.00–255.001,47822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622227.54/cwt225.00–230.001,4154
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4342
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374304.66/cwt290.00–319.001,1392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,2652
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3652
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512289.31/cwt281.00–291.001,4816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4011
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5071
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5673
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4021
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2945153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4461
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3445162.00/cwt162.00–162.007211
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3Fancy450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1486
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3Fancy525238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2508
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3632197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2453
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3705187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3181
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3830178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4771
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,020142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4481
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3518148.00/cwt148.00–148.007672
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290113.45/cwt112.00–115.001,4642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6841

This sale against other markets

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.