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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 7

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

67 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 29▲ 27 vs year ago 40 · +67.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 4▲ 9 vs year ago 3 · +300.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 1 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 $312.40/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −47.63 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$312.40

15 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.85

vs KY average

−20.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	312.40	1,758	15thin

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 sale15 hd

312.40

—

KY average24 barns · 1,250 hd

332.25

−19.85

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−20.42

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−47.63

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,580	154.00	2,433	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,305	145.69	1,901	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	128.00	1,325	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	995	$1,500	1thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,923	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,999	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,116	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,183	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,428	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,547	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,678	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,689	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,813	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	253	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,075	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	369	428.61/cwt	420.00–434.00	1,582	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,748	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	534	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	1,941	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,798	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	643	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,025	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,387	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,260	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	143.63/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,838	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,664	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	153.32/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,047	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,433	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1

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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 29Year ago 40

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 4Year ago 3

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	425.00	425.00
5	350–400	369	420.00–434.00	428.61
5	500–550	534	363.50	363.50
2	600–650	643	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	399.00	399.00
2	550–600	560	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	390.00	390.00
2	700–750	718	304.00	304.00
2	800–850	840	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	617	324.00	324.00
3	650–700	653	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	385	371.00	371.00
2	400–450	418	370.00	370.00
6	450–500	470	357.00	357.00
1	750–800	795	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	328.00	328.00
13	550–600	570	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	129.00	129.00
3	—	1,280	141.00–147.00	143.63
3	—	1,335	153.00–154.00	153.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,020	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	154.00	154.00

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.