Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-28

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 28
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▼ 41 vs year ago 70 · −58.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 2▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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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 $299.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −60.28 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$299.75
2 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−26.69
vs KY average
−32.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553299.751,6562thin
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 sale2 hd
299.75
—
KY average17 barns · 782 hd
326.44
−26.69
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−32.94
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−60.28
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—Average1,140159.001,8131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,348155.002,0892thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average925145.021,3412thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600144.002,3041thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,8932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9732
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,1811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245402.50/cwt402.50–402.509861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360375.67/cwt375.00–377.501,3524
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7491
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5531
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,8315
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,140159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925145.02/cwt139.00–153.001,3412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3041

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.