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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 24

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Receipts

108 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 38▲ 35 vs year ago 73 · +47.9%

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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 $330.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −29.40 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$330.63

4 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$41.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.34

vs KY average

−35.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	351.25	1,879	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	310.00	1,581	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.25/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

330.63

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KY average25 barns · 1,677 hd

362.97

−32.34

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−35.23

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−29.40

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.

Every lot

19 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	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,335	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,309	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,704	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,336	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,970	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	737	325.32/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,398	74
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	263	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,381	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	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 Sep 24, 2025

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

Receipts 108Last week 38Year ago 73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	830	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	467.50	467.50
3	350–400	385	442.50	442.50
1	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	695	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	382.50	382.50
74	700–750	737	321.00–330.00	325.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	493	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00

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.