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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 14

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 67▼ 9 vs year ago 40 · −22.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 12▲ 3 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 $308.84/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −51.19 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$308.84

5 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.13

vs KY average

−31.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	308.84	1,730	5thin

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 sale5 hd

308.84

—

KY average27 barns · 1,541 hd

333.97

−25.13

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−31.04

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−51.19

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	124.00	1,333	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	114.00	1,226	1thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	321.98/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,916	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,127	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	352.50/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,181	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	358.68/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,381	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	311.05/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,757	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,573	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1-2	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,101	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,333	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,226	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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 67Year ago 40

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 12Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	114.00	114.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	865	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00–375.00	352.50
3	350–400	385	345.00–365.00	358.68
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	565	300.00–315.00	311.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	320.00–325.00	321.98
6	650–700	671	317.00	317.00

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.