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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 26

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 19Mar 26Apr 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

141 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 105▲ 101 vs year ago 40 · +252.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%

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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 $301.00/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −59.03 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$301.00

29 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.82

vs KY average

−20.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	301.00	1,580	29

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

301.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,547 hd

304.82

−3.82

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−20.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−59.03

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,405	140.00	1,967	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,432	135.53	1,941	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	133.04	1,314	2thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	348.40/cwt	345.00–349.00	1,777	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,856	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,716	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,910	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	788	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	962	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	312	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,092	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,305	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,761	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,691	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	303	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,204	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,542	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,716	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,967	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	133.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,314	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,827	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,493	133.54/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,994	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

Wed Mar 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 105Year ago 40

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	303	397.50	397.50
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	550	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	358.50	358.50
1	600–650	630	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	525	301.00	301.00
15	600–650	620	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	342.50	342.50
2	250–300	283	340.00	340.00
3	300–350	312	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	357.50	357.50
12	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	637	265.50	265.50
1	850–900	850	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	570	301.00	301.00
16	650–700	682	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	510	345.00–349.00	348.40
22	550–600	560	331.50	331.50
2	650–700	658	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	139.50	139.50
2	—	1,493	133.00–134.00	133.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	130.00–136.00	133.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	140.00	140.00

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.