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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 19

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 30▲ 17 vs year ago 26 · +65.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 9 vs year ago 13 · −69.2%

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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 $308.13/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −51.90 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$308.13

4 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.05

vs KY average

−48.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	320.00	1,658	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	272.50	1,444	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

308.13

—

KY average25 barns · 1,369 hd

331.17

−23.05

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−48.76

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−51.90

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.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	2,335	135.00	3,152	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	112.32	1,200	2thin

Every lot

21 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 1-2	615	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,014	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	759	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	345.71/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,480	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,658	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,444	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	890	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,798	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,295	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	354.42/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,357	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,869	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,200	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	2,335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	3,152	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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 43Last week 30Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	392.50	392.50
9	350–400	383	352.50–355.00	354.42
1	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	530	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	287.50	287.50

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
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	337.50	337.50
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
8	400–450	428	315.00–350.00	345.71
3	500–550	518	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	635	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	272.50	272.50
2	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	890	202.00	202.00
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,335	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	110.00–115.00	112.32

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.