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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 13

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 50▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −80.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$280.00

1 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.93

vs KY average

−17.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	280.00	1,442	1thin

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

280.00

—

KY average25 barns · 941 hd

271.07

+8.93

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−17.00

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−80.03

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	105.00	1,535	2thin

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	803	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	995	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	266.43/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,119	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,548	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,840	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,075	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3Value Added	509	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,298	12
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3Value Added	552	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,408	24
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,462	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,535	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Thu Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 50Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,462	105.00	105.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	251.00	251.00
1	350–400	390	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	420	254.00–278.00	266.43
1	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	231.00	231.00
3	1000–1050	1,000	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	530	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	509	255.00	255.00
24	550–600	552	255.00	255.00

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.