Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 36▲ 100 vs year ago 8 · +1,250.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 2▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −83.36 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$276.67
3 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−61.59
vs KY average
−88.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580290.001,6821thin
Medium and Large 2-3573270.001,5472thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $135 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 sale3 hd
276.67
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KY average24 barns · 1,262 hd
338.25
−61.59
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−88.94
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−83.36
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
383365347329median 360.0304/0104/0107/0808/1208/12
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.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10090.009901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95881.007762thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$1,8001thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3369280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0334
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3453240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478320.80/cwt312.50–335.001,5338
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,16326
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379339.19/cwt330.00–350.001,2867
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429337.58/cwt330.00–339.001,4486
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3958
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520331.47/cwt298.00–340.001,72413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6103
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5631
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640293.74/cwt292.50–295.001,8802
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8621
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2766264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0226
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94582.00/cwt82.00–82.007751
Cows—Lean 85-90%97080.00/cwt80.00–80.007761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009901
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4951,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001

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.