Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-15

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 14▼ 73 vs year ago 103 · −70.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −147.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.
Average price
$320.00
1 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−71.93
vs KY average
−149.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3575320.001,8401thin
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 sale1 hd
320.00
—
KY average23 barns · 767 hd
391.93
−71.93
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−149.04
This barn, trailing median3 sales
467.50
−147.50
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
492465437410median 467.5004/0804/0805/0607/0807/08
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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—Low1,365150.002,0481thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low855100.008551thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5818
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,6063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7091
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,0751
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,365150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551

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.