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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 1

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 108▼ 22 vs year ago 53 · −41.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb bulls averaged $338.32/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$338.32

3 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+23.74

vs KY average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	604	338.32	2,043	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

338.32

—

KY average26 barns · 391 hd

314.58

+23.74

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	—	Average	1,800	190.00	3,420	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	141.34	1,905	4thin

Every lot

13 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,656	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,912	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,313	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,714	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	338.32/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,043	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,199	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,234	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,420	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	141.34/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,905	4

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 108Year ago 53

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,348	140.00–146.00	141.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	190.00	190.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	399	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	683	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	437.50	437.50
3	400–450	418	410.00	410.00
3	600–650	604	325.00–345.00	338.32
7	700–750	733	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	798	280.00	280.00

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.