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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 10

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 193 vs last sale 204▼ 48 vs year ago 59 · −81.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 3 vs year ago 5 · +60.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −21.95 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$332.00

2 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.84

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	588	332.00	1,952	2thin

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

332.00

—

KY average24 barns · 947 hd

355.84

−23.84

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−21.95

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,735	170.00	2,950	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,346	137.80	1,855	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,658	133.60	2,215	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	101.00	1,086	1thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	618	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,545	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,898	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,952	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,735	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,950	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,086	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	137.80/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,855	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,658	133.60/cwt	132.00–135.00	2,215	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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11Last week 204Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 9Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	132.00–135.00	133.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,346	135.00–140.00	137.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	650	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	588	332.00	332.00
1	650–700	655	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	830	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	220.00	220.00

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.