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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 16

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 49▼ 57 vs year ago 69 · −82.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 10▲ 8 vs year ago 2 · +400.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −79.43 against this barn's trailing median of $409.43.

Average price

$330.00

3 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.86

vs KY average

−20.06 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	662	330.00	2,185	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

330.00

—

KY average24 barns · 947 hd

349.86

−19.86

National average144 barns · 7,214 hd

350.06

−20.06

This barn, trailing median2 sales

409.43

−79.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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%	Average	1,608	157.07	2,526	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	156.66	1,889	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	853	120.00	1,023	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 Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,335	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,525	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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,185	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,256	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,467	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,652	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,702	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,344	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,610	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	160.83/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,962	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,608	157.07/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,526	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	875	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,335	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	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 Jul 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 49Year ago 69

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 2

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 2

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	152.00–162.00	157.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,220	160.00–163.00	160.83
1	—	1,150	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	140.00	140.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	1,525.00	1,525.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	662	330.00	330.00
4	700–750	736	306.50	306.50
1	800–850	825	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	324.00	324.00
1	550–600	560	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	655	290.00	290.00

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.