Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-25

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 25
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 64▼ 68 vs year ago 141 · −48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 9 vs year ago 16 · −56.3%
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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 $228.52/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −131.51 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$228.52
30 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.31
vs KY average
−11.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568228.521,29730
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 sale30 hd
228.52
—
KY average25 barns · 1,420 hd
233.83
−5.31
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−11.57
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−131.51
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
Bulls—Average1,400131.001,8341thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,450122.001,7691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,349119.501,6124thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02060.006121thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4171
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640242.48/cwt240.00–245.001,5528
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6495
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0781
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1365
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580229.22/cwt225.00–230.001,32925
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2573
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2731
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677225.36/cwt225.00–225.501,52614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330250.00/cwt250.00–250.008251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3111
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5181
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,400131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02060.00/cwt60.00–60.006121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,349119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,6124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7691

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.